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Si-MOCs 7:56pm, 31 July 2015
SHIPtember
One Month.
One SHIP.
One Hundred (plus) studs.

Rules: Build SHIP must be 100 studs or longer between September 1st and October 1st. That's it!

How do I enter? Simple! Start building your SHIP starting on Sept 1st, and start posting WIP shots as you go so everyone can all praise your guts for building a SHIP in a month!
Work in progress (WIP) shots should be posted here (this thread)

And your final glory shots should be posted in the LEGO SHIP group:


New Pre-SHIPtember Rule! - Start now!
Since a good portion of people are going off to school in September, you can start NOW, as long as you start posting in the WIP thread (this thread) you have one month (till September 1st) to finish.

What about [insert standard ship critiera]? We don't care, as long as it's a 100+ studs and you build it all in SHIPtember we'll be happy...
Though there will be Trophies for people that build a really good SHIP... ;)

Trophies?!?! Yup. Trophies. The most significant one yet.

Engraved/Printed Badges!?!?. Yup, we got those covered too. What's a trophy without a nice engraved brick? And we got some extras for SHIP Builders.


FAQ:

What is a SHIP? a S.H.I.P. is a Seriously Huge Investment in Parts and is at minimum 100 studs in length. Alternatively it has also been dubbed a S.eriously H.uge I.nvestement in T.ime...

What scale should the SHIP be? Any scale you want, Minifig, Micro, Frog, Chicken, whatever floats your SHIP - as long as it's 100+ studs.

Does it have to be space-ship
Yes.

Please tag ALL photos with: "SHIPtember"
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Legohaulic 6 years ago
The highlight of the year is here! Just started! :D
SilverMorph 6 years ago
I promise myself I will at least try to participate this year. Pinky promise.
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Dead Frog inc. 6 years ago
So, I think I might have my Idea planned out...
LEGOHungary Posted 6 years ago. Edited by LEGOHungary (member) 6 years ago
I'm calling the frame done. I'll finally have some modularity, since I'm applying to a convention, and want it to be easily transportable.
Pre-SHIPtember WIP by LEGOHungary
Nick Brick 6 years ago
I won't have easy access to my Lego between now and November. This will make things interesting.
Xtopher98 6 years ago
I think I am finally ready to tackle the challenge that is SHIPtember. Thanks for doing this again Simon!
FragsturBait 6 years ago
I started building what was supposed to be a practice SHIP at the end of June. I got about a week into it, life happened, and I probably won't be able to touch it for another few weeks or so.

WIP by FragsturBait

Here's where I am so far, and will remain until about the 25th of this month. If I can finish it by September 1st ( I can ) will you allow it?
Jason Corlett 6 years ago
Is it wrong that I look forward to SHIPtember more than Christmas? Three more weeks!!! Yippee!
LEGOHungary 6 years ago
Progress with the engine pods:
Engine pods by LEGOHungary
ExclusivelyPlastic 6 years ago
As for my SHIP design this year, if I had money I would love to build this:

Although .Tromas did give me the idea of doing something like this:
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/tromas/11842846974/]
But in the end it'll probably end up looking like last year's SHIP:
SHIP "Sunset's Dawn" Main by ExclusivelyPlastic
thisisnothingatall 6 years ago
Just curious, it wouldn't be a problem to do one SHIP in August, and then one in September, would it? Just so long as they were both, or either, done in a month?
LEGOHungary 6 years ago
thisisnothingatall:

I did that last year :) It's perfectly okay.
LONEBRiCKSCUSTOMS 6 years ago
Hey if I'm almost done how can I keep working on my ship?
Rambles of Orange 6 years ago
thisisnothingatall:

Most people don't do that, but I'm sure it's fine. The rest of us envy your amount of spare time.
.Tyler H 6 years ago
I have begun work on my SHIP. It is going to be realistic and will be part of my military faction known as the IRT. It is based off of lifting body vehicles and most importantly the space shuttle, with one major difference. It is a "space bomber". It accomplishes its bombing mission by dropping guided tungsten rods from LEO. They impact the ground at Mach 10 and have a yield of a tactical nuke. However since it is from kinetic energy alone there isn't any radiation as with a nuke. My SHIP will also be able to launch small spy satellites.

Here are some WIP pictures:
More SHIP WIP by .Tyler H

SHIP WIP by .Tyler H


Tyler
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Si-MOCs 6 years ago
FragsturBait:

Just make sure it's 1M elapsed. ... i'll take your word for it...

LEGOHungary:

The frame is never done, I find I always have to tweak them :P


Nick Brick:

You're Nick. You'll make it work.


Jason Corlett:

Is it wrong that i feel like it's Christmas morning when I finally see your finished SHIP ?
ExclusivelyPlastic:

I liked last year's SHIP, nothing wrong with looking amazing again :P


LONEBRiCKSCUSTOMS:

make it better!
Improve, iterate the design. If you look at my SHIP last year, I could have probably done it in a week. But I went back and re did panels and styles for what felt like weeks to try to get the best design.


.Tyler H:

Hehe nice! I thought that looked a bit like the CanadARM XD
yay Bomber Shuttles.
LEGOHungary 6 years ago
I made some removable armor panels. (Those blue ones are way easier to remove than to put back again.) I think they turned out well :)

The new panels mounted by LEGOHungary


Everything on the frame by LEGOHungary


The new panels by LEGOHungary
admiraltyphoon 6 years ago
Can the SHIP be made on LDD (obviously with renders of the pics)?
LEGOHungary 6 years ago
admiraltyphoon:

Simon says it's ok (but it's not nearly as much fun as irl). And I don't think you can get any awards.
Justin Van Sambeek 6 years ago
Quick question, this is going to be my first time building a SHIP and I have a lot of pieces but not many for the skeletal frame or skin. What are the biggest 2 or 3 piece classes you often use? Plates, technic beams too I suppose. I'm going to be placing a bricklink order soon so I'd like some insight. Thanks!
LEGOHungary 6 years ago
vansambeekj:

I have a lot of 1x14 technic beams (buy the cheapest colors, they're not visible).
I strengthen them with plates and bricks. I assume you want to cover the frame with mostly studless armor, so I suggest using bricks (mostly 1xn I'd think) and/or tiles with plates.
I'm no expert, but these are my thoughts. (Take a look at my WIP SHIP's frame or armor panels if you wish)
legobryan 6 years ago
I would love to see a prize for minifig, playable SHIPS.
legobryan 6 years ago
That's minifig scale
Sioka sculpting 6 years ago
vansambeekj:

for the frame -

alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=32555#T=C
alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=40345#T=C
alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=3703#T=C

I have found tons of these on PaB walls in Lego shop, they are good at holding the upper and lower frames together and also flipping the underside of the frame to build totally inverted

alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=44728&...

I hope this is of some use.
Justin Van Sambeek 6 years ago
LEGOHungary and sioka sculpting: thanks so much! These suggestions definitely give me something to go towards. I image I'll learn as I build but any starting point is great.
Sioka sculpting Posted 6 years ago. Edited by Sioka sculpting (member) 6 years ago
vansambeekj:

This is another very handy tip from last year by
Huib Versteeg
, seems to cover most of the options www.flickr.com/photos/spacie-11/14870367169/
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Si-MOCs 6 years ago
sioka sculpting:

yeah that was a awesome help!

urgh. i gotta stop checking this group, everytime i drop in i want to start!
roΙΙi 6 years ago
Si-MOCs: Same! Still three weeks to go!
pete aka VexPix 6 years ago
What level of "Pre-planning" is acceptable? I did some sorting the other day, and made a brick/technic ruler. Are sketches acceptable?
ExclusivelyPlastic 6 years ago
pete aka VexPix:

Anything short of building is allowed. Sketch as much as you want!
Eddy Plu 6 years ago
i gonna try to make this year a ship
LEGOHungary 6 years ago
[E]ddy:

Do. Or do not. There is no try.
4estFeller 6 years ago
It has begun!

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/65992320@N05/20047068273/]
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Si-MOCs 6 years ago
Looking good Jacob!

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Don't forget everyone to add their pics here so it's in an easy to peruse location for future years....
Julandrius 6 years ago
First year that I'm thinking about entering but I'm so excited about it :D Have a cool idea in mind that most likely will not work out haha but time will tell. 4 days left before the end of my summer exams and then booyaaaaaah. Shiptember baybeeeee :D :D
-soccerkid6 6 years ago
First WIP picture:
Beginning Work by -soccerkid6

And latest update:
WIP 4 by -soccerkid6
dglacet Posted 5 years ago. Edited by dglacet (member) 5 years ago
Currently designing something on LDD, but I don't know if i'll build it 'till the deadline, we'll see ;)

LDD Pride of hiigara WIP 06
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ACPin 5 years ago
Getting ready...
Koffy Kat Alpha 5 years ago
This is a test post to make sure I can attach images successfully.

This is my WIP pic for my pre-SHIPtember ship:

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/koffykat/20732142671/in/dateposted-public/]
nate_daly Posted 5 years ago. Edited by nate_daly (member) 5 years ago
Forgot to post my wip shots here, so here are a couple.

August 1, 2015
SHIPtember (earlybirds) - Day 1 by nate_daly


August 7, 2015
SHIPtember - Day 8 by nate_daly


Finishing it up now, probably won't be able to take pictures until next week though.
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Rphilo004 5 years ago
Since I can't start on the main event yet, I decided to build a couple little escort gunships:

Hiigaran Pulsar Gunships
Hiigaran Pulsar Gunships

Shout out to my buddy Bryon for the help and suggestions he offered on these.
[flying-lunch-box] 5 years ago
So can I post my finished ship? I built it earlier as I'm beginning work/college.
Xtopher98 5 years ago
cilmeron 5 years ago
Unfortunately I didn't know about this event. Started building my ship last week and I don't think I can finish within a month let alone Sept 1st but here is my progress so far:
www.mocpages.com/moc.php/418312
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Si-MOCs 5 years ago
cilmeron:

Actually you just have to do it in a month. Sept 1st deadline were for people who started Aug 1st.
So if you started last week, you have a month.
It's a good challenge to aim for :)
markus19840420 Posted 5 years ago. Edited by Si-MOCs (admin) 5 years ago
This is my second WIP picture from my ship
WIP2 (day2) - SHIPtember2015 by markus19840420
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ACPin 5 years ago
At least you'll know the reason why if it's not done in time...
JBIronWorks Posted 5 years ago. Edited by JBIronWorks (member) 5 years ago
Forgot to post my WIP shots here at first, but I'm rectifying that now. Here are three WIP shots of my entry, the USS Lexington:

SHIPtember 2015 Day 1 by JBIronWorks


SHIPtember 2015 Day 2 by JBIronWorks


SHIPtember 2015 WIP Day 3 by JBIronWorks
DR.Church 5 years ago
My SHIP has been done for a week or two now. I'm in the process of finishing off the editing on the photos. It will be ready for its premiere during the first week of SHIPtember.

Keep your eyes peeled!
LEGOHungary 5 years ago
Unfortunately, I'm very unlikely to be able to finish in time. But all the entries so far are cool, and there will be much more!
Phoxtane_1 5 years ago
Does it count as 'building time' if I put together a prototype frame around August 3 and loved how it turned out so much that I reinforced the design and let it sit for a bit while finishing the rest of the design in LDD? I'm a bit worried that my orders for the parts I don't have won't come in on time, due to having to gather all the parts I could from the far corners of my collection and make sure I had quantities right and other such fluff before ordering.

If it helps any, here's a render of the final revision to my design:

Pre-SHIPtember Digital Design by Phoxtane_1
cilmeron Posted 5 years ago. Edited by Si-MOCs (admin) 5 years ago
20150825_110955 by cilmeron
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Si-MOCs 5 years ago
DR.Church:

Can't wait!
LEGOHungary:

You can only try your best, and join the honoured ranks of those that dreamed, but wasn't able to finish. Though I do hope you do complete it.

Phoxtane_1:

Yes it sort of does count, and sort of is cheating on multiple levels :p

Unless you finish by Sept 3rd!
Then you're all good.
cilmeron:

Unmistakable ship! Awesome!
Phoxtane_1 5 years ago
Si-MOCs:

I'm kind of limited by practicality, here - my collection has a fairly broad selection of pieces, but I don't have hundreds upon hundreds of most of those pieces. Since I'm also a college student, I pretty much have to know exactly ahead of time what I need due to a limited budget (no room for screwing around) - and I need to use a digital model to help me develop prototypes from the selection of pieces that I have.

Besides, I thought it was okay to make and submit digital model renders anyway :D
JBIronWorks 5 years ago
Here's another WIP photo for my SHIP:

SHIPtember 2015 WIP Day 4 by JBIronWorks
-soccerkid6 5 years ago
Final WIP:
WIP 6 by -soccerkid6

I'll be posting the completed SHIP by the 31st :)
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Si-MOCs 5 years ago
Phoxtane_1:

It's very understandable - and the month is suppose to try to push your limits. For some that's just getting to 100 studs due to collection sizes, or for others it's time crunch, others it's how much they can fit into a build - or even how big you can go... SHIPtember is about having fun - building a SHIP, and sharing it with everyone (hence the heavy emphasis on WIPs) ... but you're absolutely right, you've completed the LDD part, hopefully you'll be able to squeeze in the real thing too.

if not ... no big deal, question is, did you have fun?


soccersnyderi:
Ack! you're going to make us wait?
-soccerkid6 5 years ago
Si-MOCs:
Yup ;)
Still have to take and edit pictures...
Gerechtigkeitsliga 5 years ago
Great! First time i will be part of shiptember.
One Question.....Only own MOC´s or can i rebuilt a starship from TV or book?
LONEBRiCKSCUSTOMS 5 years ago
Gerechtigkeitsliga:

You can rebuild the starships from tv, videogames or books
Phoxtane_1 5 years ago
Ask and ye shall receive:

Pre-SHIPtember WIP Build #1 by Phoxtane_1
dglacet Posted 5 years ago. Edited by dglacet (member) 5 years ago
LDD design began on august 17th and finished a few days ago, waiting for BL order to make it on real bricks, hope it will be done before september 17th :

LDD Pride of hiigara WIP 08

On this shot, the ship is 95 studs high, with some antennas, we'll have the 100 studs high. Is it ok regarding the rules?
JBIronWorks 5 years ago
Getting closer!

SHIPtember 2015 WIP Day 5 by JBIronWorks
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Rphilo004 5 years ago
Trying to scratch the build itch before I can dive into the main SHIP next week, so I built an Ion Cannon Frigate to go along with my Pulsar Gunships for escort duty.
Ion Cannon Frigate with Pulsar Gunships
Gerechtigkeitsliga 5 years ago
Can i use LED-Lights? Without it my ship will look like "not finished".
BobDeQuatre Posted 5 years ago. Edited by BobDeQuatre (member) 5 years ago
It's frustrating to have ideas and refraining to test them because it's not September 1st... :)
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Si-MOCs 5 years ago
dglacet:

Yeah that should probably read longest axis while still being 'up '
It's more for the people that take pics from top down.

I'm rooting for post to get your pieces in on time, that looks amazing!

BobDeQuatre:

I hear ya, but it's important time to get SHIPtember logistics out of the way!
Xtopher98 5 years ago
BobDeQuatre: So true, I have so many ideas that I can't do anything about.

Si-MOCs: I think I may start on Monday instead of Tuesday. I just want to start!
Julandrius 5 years ago
SHIPtember day 1-2 by Julandrius


First 2 days of work :D
Julandrius 5 years ago
SHIPtember day 3 by Julandrius


Did I mention it comes with lights?:3
Puriri deVry 5 years ago
Something close to what it will look like at the end:
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/de_vry/20341536993/in/dateposted/]
This is why I hate building at odd angles. Give me some nice houses anyway!
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/de_vry/20775810149/in/photostream/]
The first rough frame. Should have scrapped it and made it stronger!
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/de_vry/20970012031/in/photostream/]
Xtopher98 5 years ago
WIP number 1
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/xtopher98/20342902873/in/dateposted/]
cilmeron Posted 5 years ago. Edited by Si-MOCs (admin) 5 years ago
microMsg.1440781828945[1] by cilmeron

microMsg.1440781761318[1] by cilmeron
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Dead Frog inc. 5 years ago
Pew pew PWEEEEEE!
SHIPtember Day #1-Big Ass Pew Pew by Dead Frog inc.
LukeClarenceVan 5 years ago
September seems to have come early this year! Some cool designs already, looking forward to seeing everyone's final builds.
Gerechtigkeitsliga Posted 5 years ago. Edited by Si-MOCs (admin) 5 years ago
Shiptember 1st Day of WIP

Shiptember 2015 (WIP) by Gerechtigkeitsliga
Puriri deVry 5 years ago
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/de_vry/20979389915/in/dateposted/]
Rebuilt the frame and the panels. It's almost swooshable now!
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/de_vry/20358306603/in/dateposted/]
P'rannah Petting Zoo 5 years ago
Crud, I suppose my kind of SHIP doesn't work. Can I put booster engines on a World War II destroyer and call it good?
Gerechtigkeitsliga 5 years ago
A small question. How can i show a pic of my WIP in my Post here?
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Rphilo004 Posted 5 years ago. Edited by Rphilo004 (admin) 5 years ago
Gerechtigkeitsliga: Go to your image on flickr, click on the "share" arrow in the bottom right, select "HTML embedded", pick a size (usually one of the smalls or medium), copy the link/code entry, paste in the comments here. Hope that helps!
LEGOHungary Posted 5 years ago. Edited by LEGOHungary (member) 5 years ago
Gerechtigkeitsliga:

Copy the link from the search bar and put it between [ and ] .
Gerechtigkeitsliga Posted 5 years ago. Edited by Gerechtigkeitsliga (member) 5 years ago
Thanks for help!


Shiptember 2015 (WIP)
Decacommand 5 years ago
Gerechtigkeitsliga:

Nice. I think I have an Idea as to what that is, tho I might be totally off. USS Cygnus?
Gerechtigkeitsliga 5 years ago
Yes it will be the USS Cygnus :-)
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Rphilo004 5 years ago
Ready to rock and roll, T-1 Day!
SHIPtember 2015 Prep
Phoxtane_1 5 years ago
I don't think I'm going to make it... The order made last Tuesday hasn't been shipped out yet! >w<

Sadly, I can't even just build one side of the model and get a picture of that side for the poster, since that last order has so many critical components. Guess that's the last time I make an order from there if I can help it.

P'rannah Petting Zoo:

Ever heard of something called Space Battleship Yamato?
Gerechtigkeitsliga 5 years ago
Yes it is from a very good japnese movie.
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Si-MOCs 5 years ago
It's SHIPtember!
(In NZ!)

... This year we're changing it up a bit ... with some Seriously Huge Trophies:
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Seriously Huge Trophy by Si-MOCs
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Dead Frog inc. 5 years ago
Progress!
Wroom Wroom!
SHIPtember Day #3 -Big Ass Propellers and Stuff by Dead Frog inc.
ExclusivelyPlastic Posted 5 years ago. Edited by ExclusivelyPlastic (member) 5 years ago
Gerechtigkeitsliga:

The thought of doing the Cygnus did actually cross my mind, but I opted for a different design. Glad someone else is doing it though!

UNRELATED EDIT:
I think I've settled on a design:
SHIPtember Design? by ExclusivelyPlastic
dglacet 5 years ago
It's on a good way :

SHIPtember WIP : Day 1
Malydilnar 5 years ago
dglacet:

I highly recommend a frame inside that thing.
mr_keds 5 years ago
Last year, my concept exceeded my skill-set and available time. This year, I have more time, less (read 'no') concept and the same skill-set. Even if it's a 100 stud box, I will make a SHIP!
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Rphilo004 5 years ago
I'm too excited, so I'm getting a jump on this by starting tonight (8/31 here).

Technic frame underway. May need to reinforce as I'm a bit concerned about sagging in the front and back areas.
Hiigaran Battlecruiser WIP 1
Sioka sculpting 5 years ago
'Stand' by for action!

So it begins (SHIPtember) by Sioka sculpting


I wanted a decent stand this year that would tuck neatly inside the bottom of the finished build without hiding any of the SHIP for the side profile images.
jdragon0000 Posted 5 years ago. Edited by Si-MOCs (admin) 5 years ago
IMG_20150831_203857925 by jdragon0000


My work area for the build to start tomorrow. Another first for me, actually sorting parts. Never did that when I was younger, just dug through the pile of parts looking for what I needed.

JD

How do I get the image to show up instead of the link?
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Rphilo004 5 years ago
One more WIP shot before I head off to bed. Getting some rough positions established for major elements like the engine area, upper ion cannon turret, and asymmetric bridge.
Hiigaran Battlecruiser WIP 2
Sioka sculpting 5 years ago
jdragon0000: If you copy and paste the code in the search bar form the page with the image you are tring to post inside [ and ] with no spaces.

should look like this

IMG_20150831_203857925 by jdragon0000
DJ Quest 5 years ago
Got some early morning building in.

SHIPtember 2015 WIP 1a by DJ Quest

SHIPtember 2015 WIP 1b by DJ Quest


It's only the 1st and I already fell sleep deprived -.-
Edgecrusher88 5 years ago
I'm excited for my first Shiptember! I was a casual observer last year, as I was only about a month out of my Dark Ages at the time. Over the past year of buying, selling, and building (mostly with my 6 and 4 year old sons as their interest in Lego has grown), my focus has mostly been on Architecture and Star Wars for my personal collection.

This will be my first major MOC, in addition to my first SHIP. I'm very excited to get started, and equally as excited to see how this turns out. Good, bad, or otherwise, I'll be free building this year, and my source material is limited only to my 31 years of sci-fi tv, movie, and video game intake.

Last night, I got the basic beginning of my frame started, and will be able to complete it after my Brickowl order comes in. I'm shooting for 100-110 stud total length when all is said and done, with a maximum width of approximately 16 studs and a height of between 24-30 studs. I've also completed 2 identical cannons and 1 missile array to begin. I hope to get some other components built tonight to start getting the basic shape formed. Most of all, I'm really looking forward to what some of the incredible builders in this group are able to come up with!


SHIPtember 2015 WIP- Beginning of Frame Design by Edgecrusher88


SHIPtember 2015 WIP- Cannon and Missile Array by Edgecrusher88
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