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My COTW this week is my Tyco Heinz car again. Why? Because I recently weathered it to the point where I think it looks like a different car. Now, on the photo!
-Steve
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Posted - August 31 2014 : 12:35:36 PM
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quote:My COTW this week is my Tyco Heinz car again. Why? Because I recently weathered it to the point where I think it looks like a different car. Now, on the photo!
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 31 2014Â :Â 11:32:39 AM
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One of my favorite Tyco reefers. Nice job on the weathering!
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Posted - August 31 2014 : 12:45:13 PM
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More Euchred Figs! This little hottie is too hot for me to handle. Listed in Trading Post.
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Posted - August 31 2014 : 12:50:39 PM
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I want it Chops!  & you posted twice 
here is one with AMC cars 
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Posted - August 31 2014 : 12:52:40 PM
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My COTW is this AHM FlexiFlow hopper
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Posted - August 31 2014 : 4:35:54 PM
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My car of the week is an old Rock Island flat or two. I believe it could be purchased with the red pipes or the culverts. Metal parts make this flat kinda heavy... I like this item and have a third one somewhere...
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Posted - August 31 2014 : 7:41:44 PM
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Batman + Tyco = a happy me 
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - August 31 2014 : 11:02:01 PM
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I like the Rock Island flats, Walt. A little while ago those flats of yours inspired me to acquire one myself!
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Posted - August 31 2014 : 11:41:01 PM
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| Glenn, they are nicer cars than I expected... I was originally impressed by the looks of them...
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 12:11:43 PM
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Only a little thought went into this scratch-built car.
The doors are a bit of a conundrum.How would one open them?
I'll run it with my MOW stuff anyway.
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 2:07:59 PM
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That is the damndest kitbash I've ever seen! What are those, windows from a structure kit? Where did you find such a thing? Don't tell me you built it yourself...
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 3:01:55 PM
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quote:That is the damndest kitbash I've ever seen! What are those, windows from a structure kit? Where did you find such a thing? Don't tell me you built it yourself...
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â September 01 2014Â :Â 2:07:59 PM
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not close...but look south for ideas...
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 3:05:00 PM
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Sorry, I should have said.
It was built on an MDC wood boxcar of some kind.
I just noticed now the brake wheels on both ends.
I got this with other stuff in a box of "here's some more stuff for your collection"
from David at The Railhead.
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 6:56:09 PM
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quote: quote:My COTW this week is my Tyco Heinz car again. Why? Because I recently weathered it to the point where I think it looks like a different car. Now, on the photo!
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 31 2014Â :Â 11:32:39 AM
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One of my favorite Tyco reefers. Nice job on the weathering!
Originally posted by Redwoods - August 31 2014 : 12:35:36 PM
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Why thank you, Redwoods. I put quite a bit of work into this one to make it look less "toy-like".
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 8:54:54 PM
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Don't know if there are any football fans on here, but I'll usher in the NFL season with my COTW:
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 9:40:52 PM
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quote:Don't know if there are any football fans on here, but I'll usher in the NFL season with my COTW:
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â September 01 2014Â :Â 8:54:54 PM
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Ironically, the Packers are the first team in the official season to play the Seahawks who had just won the Superbowl earlier this year.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 10:17:04 PM
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quote:My COTW this week is my Tyco Heinz car again. Why? Because I recently weathered it to the point where I think it looks like a different car. Now, on the photo!
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 31 2014Â :Â 11:32:39 AM
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Nice car. Just goes to show some simple weathering can make even "toy" train cars look like the real thing.
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Posted - September 02 2014 : 12:21:34 AM
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quote: quote:My COTW this week is my Tyco Heinz car again. Why? Because I recently weathered it to the point where I think it looks like a different car. Now, on the photo!
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 31 2014Â :Â 11:32:39 AM
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Nice car. Just goes to show some simple weathering can make even "toy" train cars look like the real thing.
Originally posted by ChessieRRÂ -Â September 01 2014Â :Â 10:17:04 PM
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That's pretty much why I did that believe it or not.I wanted to show that you can in fact make Tyco cars look good.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - September 02 2014 : 09:07:16 AM
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quote:Batman + Tyco = a happy me
Originally posted by rgcw5Â -Â August 31 2014Â :Â 7:41:44 PM
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Having ALL 4 = VERY happy me!
/tyco/forum/uploaded/microbusss/20140902090647_DSCI0182.JPG
hehe jealous?
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Posted - September 02 2014 : 10:30:34 AM
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Nah....because I'm Batman
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - September 02 2014 : 1:58:54 PM
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quote: quote: quote:My COTW this week is my Tyco Heinz car again. Why? Because I recently weathered it to the point where I think it looks like a different car. Now, on the photo!
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 31 2014Â :Â 11:32:39 AM
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Nice car. Just goes to show some simple weathering can make even "toy" train cars look like the real thing.
Originally posted by ChessieRRÂ -Â September 01 2014Â :Â 10:17:04 PM
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That's pretty much why I did that believe it or not.I wanted to show that you can in fact make Tyco cars look good.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â September 02 2014Â :Â 12:21:34 AM
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Oh, kovacste - you have just begun! Now you can file off the ladders, grab irons, and stirrups and replace them with wire grabs and A-line stirrups... remove the brake gear on the end and add a Kadee brakewheel and real chain... add the fine print lettering that was left off... eventually if I do enough of this stuff I start to forget it was ever a Tyco car! But first you must ask yourself - are you collecting trains for the fun of it, or are you headed down the slippery slope to prototype-modeler-dom, where everything is superdetailed and exactly right? I ask myself that every day...
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Posted - September 02 2014 : 2:33:32 PM
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quote:
Nah....because I'm Batman
Originally posted by rgcw5Â -Â September 02 2014Â :Â 10:30:34 AM
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ok well to be fair I has seen the Superman at $50! 
kovacste000 - now you needs the Heinz/Crown Pickle Factory & the barrel car
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Posted - September 02 2014 : 2:39:17 PM
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quote: quote:
Nah....because I'm Batman
Originally posted by rgcw5Â -Â September 02 2014Â :Â 10:30:34 AM
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ok well to be fair I has seen the Superman at $50!
kovacste000 - now you needs the Heinz/Crown Pickle Factory & the barrel car
Originally posted by microbusss - September 02 2014 : 2:33:32 PM
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Oh, you means these?
-Steve
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Posted - September 02 2014 : 5:13:47 PM
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YES! Do want pickle factory!
I got that Revell pickle car for $6 one time
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Posted - September 02 2014 : 5:37:39 PM
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quote:YES! Do want pickle factory!
I got that Revell pickle car for $6 one time
Originally posted by microbusss - September 02 2014 : 5:13:47 PM
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That's close to what I usually see them go for. The highest is usually around $20. Plus, I've seen my Tyco Heinz car go for around $50 boxed!
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - September 02 2014 : 8:08:20 PM
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quote: That's close to what I usually see them go for. The highest is usually around $20. Plus, I've seen my Tyco Heinz car go for around $50 boxed!
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â September 02 2014Â :Â 5:37:39 PM
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thats insane! The Tyco Heinz should be LESS than $5 at least
I got like 3 or 4 of them I think 
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Posted - September 02 2014 : 9:56:58 PM
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I have a boxed Heinz...hmm....
Glenn
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Posted - September 02 2014 : 10:51:13 PM
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https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10540871_10201814226115612_5745882485910937281_n.jpg?oh=62bb3115cae6e1badd930c4cdd00a17a&oe=547F0C31&__gda__=1416342116_42140cd3f8e939098d70393268e98943
(This site has trouble showing pics from FaceBook, sorry.)
What's in the pic is a Life-Like 50" Union Pacific boxcar I bought recently, that came with Kadee metal wheels and knuckle couplers. It's also apparently the only Life-Like non-Proto Union Pacific product to have their "shield" logo!
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Posted - September 03 2014 : 3:38:08 PM
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This is a Laconia Sierra Combine. Looks quite a bit like the Roundhouse and Ulrich models, though a bit smaller than the Roundhouse. Car body and roof are metal. Floor is wood with metal platforms, etc. Looks to be a twin of the Ulrich stuff? Company business deals there? Anyway, I bought this as a prebuilt; the floor was broken and previous repairs were not aligned, but the wood floor was not too bad to duplicate.
First photo is what I bought (can't see much with the size; eBay removed the listing photos) . . .
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Posted - September 03 2014 : 5:53:58 PM
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| real cool Now you needs the roadname on the side
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Posted - September 03 2014 : 6:29:54 PM
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That coach turned out incredible. Just needs a road name (Like what Microbusss said.) and it'll really pop.
-Steve
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 11:21:45 AM
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| What do you call a model railroader who has an overwhelming fear of applying decals?
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 12:06:57 PM
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quote:What do you call a model railroader who has an overwhelming fear of applying decals?
Originally posted by Barry - September 04 2014 : 11:21:45 AM
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A decalophobic?
Please, have a seat on the couch and tell me all about it. What terrifies you the most? Air bubbles? Do visions of 'silvering' haunt you in the middle of the night? 
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 12:15:06 PM
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Hey,
I built a car like the Sierra in the seventies. I tried to dry the truck side frames out in the oven. They melted. Great car, but it killed my appetite for craftsman kits. I just kit-bash plastic cars now.
My friend called this type of kit a box of sticks. He liked them.
Regards John ****************
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 2:18:21 PM
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quote:What do you call a model railroader who has an overwhelming fear of applying decals?
Originally posted by Barry - September 04 2014 : 11:21:45 AM
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I call him (or me, as the case may be) a good candidate for dry transfers.
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 6:53:29 PM
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| I suffered from this fear for years. Dry transfer decals were great. I finally tried the wet transfer decals earlier this year. They come out a little bubbly, but the models still look better than they would've without decals. Now I just need to get over the fear of printing my own decals...
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 7:37:47 PM
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quote:I suffered from this fear for years. Dry transfer decals were great. I finally tried the wet transfer decals earlier this year. They come out a little bubbly, but the models still look better than they would've without decals. Now I just need to get over the fear of printing my own decals...
Originally posted by DaCheez - September 04 2014 : 6:53:29 PM
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Man, I thought I was the only one! I've been using dry transfers as fast as I can get them, and they're great, but I'm terrified of decals for fear of messing them up. Should I go for it?
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 8:25:35 PM
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Kind of ironic, it's the exact opposite with me - because since I know nothing about putting dry transfers onto models - I am scared to use them. I don't see how they would be able to mold to the surface of a model the way decals can.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 9:12:33 PM
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| I put decals on model kits before and never thought much of it. I get really nervous when I do a large decal like the hood bird on the late 70s Trans Ams!!
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 9:16:26 PM
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| Well I'm sort of gratified to see that I'm not the only one with issues related to this business of applying something to the just completed half-way decent paint job . . . whoops . . . try 'er again, hey? Yeah, one of these days I'm gonna have to jump in to that cold water.
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 9:58:08 PM
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Be glad to give you a tutorial on decals Barry if you explain to me how the heck those dry transfer things work
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Posted - September 05 2014 : 1:25:08 PM
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quote:
Nice choice Barry! I have a few of those.. I have plans of using some for 4-4-0 & 2-4-0 Pocher chassis powered inspection car projects.. Here are some them I have stored..
Sean
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Posted - September 05 2014 : 1:27:21 PM
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My COTW... A Silver Steak? REA wood caboose:
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
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Posted - September 05 2014 : 1:28:51 PM
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quote:My COTW this week is my Tyco Heinz car again. Why? Because I recently weathered it to the point where I think it looks like a different car. Now, on the photo!
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 31 2014Â :Â 11:32:39 AM
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Well done Stephen!
Sean
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Posted - September 05 2014 : 3:40:53 PM
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quote: quote:My COTW this week is my Tyco Heinz car again. Why? Because I recently weathered it to the point where I think it looks like a different car. Now, on the photo!
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â August 31 2014Â :Â 11:32:39 AM
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Well done Stephen!
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - September 05 2014 : 1:28:51 PM
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Thank you, Mustangs.I weathered it to help prove that Tyco freight cars can in fact look good.
-Steve
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