I called the owner of Palmer Hobbies on Saturday to find out the status of the model. He told me that it definitely is for sale and that he and the owner are waiting for better weather to move it out of there to put in an HO display layout. Apparently the owner cannot get it back to his premises with all the snow lingering and doesn't really have any room for it. It is for sale and the owner will entertain any reasonable offer with a bank check and the buyer removing it. The owner would like to see it on a club or personal layout or even in a local historical exhibit. It truly is museum quality. I'm worried that this model may never see the light of day again. From what i understand the owner may just trash it if he can't find a home for it. If it was HO scale I think I'd be interested.
I just might make a trip there because he has a lot of old consignment stock plus he has found a source of new old stock of kits, etc..