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The  Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck NY has one of these in their collection. I've seen it participate in their weekly airshows a number of times over the last 30-40 years.  Photo and text below are from their website

"M1917 Light Tank (1918)

The M1917 Light Tank was an American copy of the French Renault FT which was manufactured by three American companies during and after World War I, including Van Dorn Iron Works, Maxwell Motor Company and C. L. Best Company. The American M1917 tanks were made under a special license agreement with the Renault company of France, and although it looks virtually identical to the FT, the M1917 included many subtle improvements.

A total of 952 examples of the M1917 were produced, although none saw combat. This particular tank was once part of the famous Colonel Jarrett collection of World War I artifacts."

Go to your first post in your build log, scroll down till you see the EDIT tab, click on that. It opens an Edit Topic window, change the title, then click SAVE .  

3 hours ago, Brewerpaul said:

We live about 45 minutes from Baltimore in Frederick MD

Hi and welcome to the log. Thanks for the condolences. 

 I know your area well,  My grandfather lived in Towson, had an uncle in Catonsville and now a daughter in Pasadena.  Got to tour the ship several years ago and took numerous photos. 

Thanks Lou, Mark, Edward, Ryland, Ken, EG, for your condolences. 

Now that we have been granted a parole (maybe only temporary) from the Covid Prison, I decided to get back outside and join two of my fellow ice boaters at our friend and fellow ice boater, Jim's,  workshop and continue the restoration work on the Manhassett ice yacht.  We were almost ready for varnishing when the lock down occurred so this past Saturday three of us met at Jim's workshop to assess where we were and what needed to be done going forward. We did get a single coat of varnish on the backbone (seen in photo below - sorry for the blurriness, camera didn't focus right).  In the meantime work on the Constellation is suspended for a bit while I get a change of scenery other than my basement workshop.  It would be nice if we can complete the restoration in time to launch the Manhassett on the ice this winter (assuming global climate change allows us to get some ice on the river this year - last time was 2014).

Looks like you could open a small store with those MicroScale bottles, should last you a very long time. 

Finish looks great ! 

Yes, I have, works well securing knots, can also use it to glue clear plastic canopy to aircraft or other plastic models.   

Happy Birthday  !           

I'm in 

17 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

In the Pacific, some WW2 ships have been totally destroyed and carried off by those who can sell the steel.  

Every one of which was an Internationally recognized  "war grave" !

On 7/2/2020 at 11:49 PM, mtaylor said:

Looks like they're now in Spain.   They had a heck of a roadtrip from Italy to Vietnam and now Spain.  

All the kits I've purchase since the 70s gave their address as Barcelona Spain. No idea where their manufacturing site was located. 

Here's a wild suggestion. Try the buffing rouge they use on a strop to fine polish the edge of woodcarving knives/gouges. Scrape some powder onto a piece of polishing cloth then use the cloth to polish the model. 

Thanks, Craig.  

Progress has been slow for many reasons. One of which is the very poor English translation in the instruction manual and difficulty reading and interpreting the picture book instructions.  As advised by a couple of modelers who've built this kit before me I have not glued the main decks or catwalks down - for now I drilled small holes and set some nails in to clamp them down until I figure out where the cannon go and get them installed, then I will come back and glue the decks and catwalks in place permanently. Some photos

The other reason the shipyard slowed down is because we had to euthanize our 14 year old Corgi last Monday June 29th due to rapidly deteriorating health issues. She has been with us since she was a 6 month old puppy. Her other photo is my avatar photo.

Acesulfame potassium is not good either. 

Actually Carl, there is no sweet taste or flavor in spite of the listed ingredients.

2 hours ago, Canute said:

You have any Cook Outs? Grilled burgers with fresh ingredients. Made to order, so they are slow. .

My personal hamburger recipe is 2 lbs 80-20 ground beef, mix in 1 pkg of Lipton brand French Onion Soup mix, or their Beefy Onion soup mix,  in powder form, knead well,  shape into quarter pound patties and grill. The soup mix keeps the juices in so the burger stays moist. Great flavor. 

Oh ! Here in the "colonies" 80-20 ground beef means 80% lean beef and 20% fat (ground chuck).

Haven't found a fast food burger joint around here that had a burger I liked.  Arby's had a great BBQ sauce roast beef sandwich but their franchisees don't last long in my area for some reason.  Carl's Jr opened a franchise here that closed 6 months later. 

6 hours ago, Egilman said:

Americas favorite drink is Diet Coke

Guess I must not be American, cuz I hate anything and everything Diet xxxxxx.  Yuck !

Ah yes ! A glass of Coca-Cola aka Coke, for example,  is called "pop" in some parts of US and "soda" in other parts of US, Carl.  Gets really confusing.  

3 minutes ago, lmagna said:

American Gourmet

https://www.carlsjr.com/en

American - yes!  Gourmet - ah ???????  It is edible ! 

44 minutes ago, cog said:

By the way, what's that "Carl's" thing on your bench?

Looks like a Carl's Jr soda cup to me, they are a large Hamburger fast food chain, had one here but it closed.  Like Wendy's, Burger King and McDonalds

55 minutes ago, CDW said:

Is it my imagination, or have all plastic build threads now disappeared from the "Most Recent Posts" section of the MSW main page? 

How are we supposed to follow new build threads with nothing shown in the recent posts notice?

Not your imagination Craig, they did it deliberately because we were pushing the ship builds off the list with our frequent posts. Happened as part of the "mass migration" of the two ship forums into era subforums.  I had to go into all the builds I was following and click FOLLOW. Now I use the "show me all the thing I follow"  search to find us. And for new builds I have to actually open the forum to see what is new. 

Lookin good, mate ! 

If you can find a pair of lint free white cotton gloves like they used back in the days of film photography, they well prevent the finger oils from marring the finish. Not sure if nitrile gloves would work. 

Nice finish on those outdoor photos.

Great job, Denis. Looks good