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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."
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Changing build log title?
Jack12477 replied to Brewerpaul's topic in How to use the MSW forum - **NO MODELING CONTENT**
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 . -
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).
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Yes, I have, works well securing knots, can also use it to glue clear plastic canopy to aircraft or other plastic models.
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Going...going...gone? The London wreck.
Jack12477 replied to druxey's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Every one of which was an Internationally recognized "war grave" ! -
All the kits I've purchase since the 70s gave their address as Barcelona Spain. No idea where their manufacturing site was located.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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