New Gloverton On Sea

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New Gloverton On Sea is a sort of replacement for Gloverton. When McBride's Farm was added, the track was made to exit the left side at the rear of the box, deliberately so to create a dual track terminus to end the line. New Gloverton is that end station.

The scene is a typical seaside town. At the back is a road with large hotel that is now a part of the Premier Inn group. The road stops and is now paved over. There is an old half timber shop and just along a bit further, a large old building that is now a Wetherspoons pub, 'The Son Of Alerik'. Both the pub and hotel are scratch built.

The railway ends here with a two line terminus station. The platform is a triangle shape with scratched canopy, the station building is somewhat 'off-scene' represented by just a flat picture.

The front of the box sees a small section of beach with sunbathers taking advantage of the weather. The coast road runs along it and on the other side is an old warehouse building converted into Morse's Wine Bar with The Fireball Night Club above it. Next to this is the Bright & Airey B&B. Both buildings are Metcalfe kits, the wine bar has been heavily modified from the original. To finish the scene are three very small cottages forming part of a row of holiday lets. Railway Modeller magazine gave away a free Metcalfe Tiny Cottage kit but only in OO, so I scanned and resized it to N gauge and created the three that are in the box.

The backscene photo is of Tunbridge Wells in Kent. A view across the town from the common, the additional road coming off London Road has been photo shopped on!