docs: def delete_model(self, model_id, erase=False):
          """Delete the model with given identifier in the database. Returns the
          handle for the deleted model or None if object identifier is unknown.
  
          Parameters
          ----------
          model_id : string
              Unique model identifier
          erase : Boolean, optinal
              If true, the record will be deleted from the database. Otherwise,
              the active flag will be set to False to support provenance tracking.
  
          Returns
          -------
          ModelHandle
          """
          return self.delete_object(model_id, erase=erase)