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Fox Trot Five
beachbum
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Joined: March 05, 2004
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Posted: Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 02:07 PM UTC
Hello Gentlemen. My first visit to this part of the woods and I find myself in unchartered waters seeing my last model out of the dry dock was some 30 odd years ago.

I don't know if this is the right place but I've not had much luck over at Figures (except from some good pointers which include posting here) because of the secretive nature of the inquiry. Its about a boat called Fox Trot Five. It was suspected of carrying Colombian drugs and was raided by the British SBS at the Greenwich docks. This incident would not have come to light if not for a photo for a civie who happen to be there and the photo appears in John Parker's book on the SBS.

I'm looking to recreate part of the foredeck with a bit of the wheelhouse to be used as part of a vignette featuring DML SAS figures "converted" to SBS. Trouble is the photo was taken quite aways. Unfortunately beyond knowing the bow from the stern, I'm not much of a boat expert. It appears to me anyways to look a bit like a barge tender with a single storey superstructure and a 80 footer at least by rough estimation. Sorry no chance of getting a scanner to show the photo that I do have.

Any help or direction to photos of the boat or similar boats would be super appreciated. Many advanced thanks.
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