These specially reinforced ARP (Air Raid Precautions) signal boxes featured substantial construction, primarily to protect the locking room gear from bomb blasts during air raids in World War II. A number of similar signal box designs were still to be found around the rail network until quite recently, due to them being difficult to demolish!
The 554 includes all moulded parts required which are produced to a high standard and in base colours. Kit requires painting and light weathering to create the signal box pictured above.

These specially reinforced ARP (Air Raid Precautions) signal boxes featured substantial construction, primarily to protect the locking room gear from bomb blasts during air raids in World War II. A number of similar signal box designs were still to be found around the rail network until quite recently, due to them being difficult to demolish!
The 259 includes all moulded parts required which are produced to a high standard and in base colours. Kit requires painting and light weathering to create the signal box pictured above.

Kit of a typical small box, often found on a branch line or controlling a main line yard.

These were a common feature in sidings where repairs, cleaning and maintenance were effected. This shed will cover 2 tracks and can easily be extended; the kit includes guttering and centre walkway. A versatile kit with many uses both on and off the railway. Glue and paints required to complete model. Footprint 320mm x 105mm.

Many merchants had private sidings where they could be supplied directly by rail. This kit includes office, loading platform, coal scales, hoist and 2 lamps and can be constructed in a number of ways. The Ratio 514 Pallets, Sacks and Barrels, 526 Coal Sacks kits and Modelscene 5029 Coalmen and Scales can provide extra detailing. Supplied with pre-coloured parts although painting and/or weathering can add realism; glue is required to complete this model. Footprint 160mm x 105mm

These towers are an impressive sight and were an essential feature on mainline railways. The Pecoscene ranges provide the perfect loading material, Real Coal (PS-330 -332), Limestone (PS-342 and 3), Sand (PS-344), Iron Ore (PS-340), Grey Stone (PS-300- 307), and Brown Stone (PS-310 - 317) for a quarry, mine or pit loading hopper. Supplied with pre-coloured parts although painting and/or weathering can add realism (See the Pecoscene Weathering Powder range PS-360 - 365); glue is required to complete this model. Footprint: 116mm x 92mm, Height 181mm

These towers are an impressive sight and were an essential feature on mainline railways. The Pecoscene ranges provide the perfect loading material, Real Coal (PS-330 -332), Limestone (PS-342 and 3), Sand (PS-344), Iron Ore (PS-340), Grey Stone (PS-300- 307), and Brown Stone (PS-310 - 317) for a quarry, mine or pit loading hopper. Supplied with pre-coloured parts although painting and/or weathering can add realism (See the Pecoscene Weathering Powder range PS-360 - 365); glue is required to complete this model. Footprint: 116mm x 92mm, Height 181mm

The Craftsman series from Wills offers the more experienced modeller a cost effective way to make large, highly individual models. They cover a range of typically British buildings both railway and domestic; each kit includes plastic moulded materials sheets, detailed parts, illustrated instructions and templates. The use of sheet materials rather than moulded parts for the main components allows the opportunity to easily modify the design to suit your needs. Should you wish to extend the building the same materials sheets are available separately (see the Wills Materials Pack range). Similarly it would be easy to add additional doors and/or windows if required.

The Craftsman series from Wills offers the more experienced modeller a cost effective way to make large, highly individual models. They cover a range of typically British buildings both railway and domestic; each kit includes plastic moulded materials sheets, detailed parts, illustrated instructions and templates. The use of sheet materials rather than moulded parts for the main components allows the opportunity to easily modify the design to suit your needs. Should you wish to extend the building the same materials sheets are available separately (see the Wills Materials Pack range). Similarly it would be easy to add additional doors and/or windows if required.

Pack contains 15 Figures (11 assorted fielders and bowler, 2 batsmen, 2 umpires and 1 pair of wickets)

Provide a home for your locos, giving them cover from the elements and a place for repairs and maintenance. It is normal to find a water tower and coaling stage nearby (see Ratio 540, 505, 506, 551 and Wills SS34 kits), and an Inspection Pit (Peco LK-56/156) was also often provided. Can be used as either a single or through shed. Multiple kits can be joined together if required. Supplied with pre-coloured parts although painting and/or weathering can add realism; glue is required to complete this model. Footprint 176mm x 90mm

Approximate sizes: Building 150mm long x 60mm deep x 50mm high. Stall 29mm x 14mm x 11mm.
This free standing unit, stone-built with red pantile roof, is based on an actual farm shop in East Lothian, Scotland. The whitewashed roughcast front wall has two partially glazed doors with protective doors opened back and three windows with wooden shutters hinged down. A notice board shows opening times. The rear wall has a door at one end and two small windows. A fruit and vegetable stall is supplied separately, draped with imitation grass and topped with four open wooden boxes displaying cauliflower, carrots, potatoes and apples. The Harburn Hamlet range of painted resin accessories provide interesting scenic details for your layout.

This building may also be used as a roster office in a steam loco depot - just change the noticeboard details. Footprint: 135mm x 35mm (x 50mm High). The Harburn Hamlet range of painted resin accessories provide interesting scenic details to go around the quayside on your layout.

Approximate size: 85mm long x 67mm deep x 50mm high.
This building, based on a standard design, has brown brick walls with a curved corrugated iron roof. Details include a pair of large wooden doors (one with access door inset), two long windows on one side wall and a single back door and office window at the rear. Although 'Garage and Workshop' is displayed on the nameboard above the front doors, with this sticker removed the building would look right on a farm, airfield, barracks or commercial premises, placed singly or in multiple. The Harburn Hamlet range of painted resin accessories provide interesting scenic details to go around the station and streets of your layout.

One of the fundamental aspects of safety on the railway was that wagons should never be overloaded. To do so would risk trains not having sufficient braking capacity to slow and stop safely. To manage loading at many industrial locations, each wagon would pass over a Weighbridge - to check their weight. Each wagon would display its tare weight, which could be deducted from the total weight, to ascertain the net weight of the load - simple mathematics! The new Ratio kit is a great representation of a typical Weighbridge, not dissimilar to the one, once located at Shildon Wagon Works in the North East. Combining a mixture of materials, the plastic parts make up the hut and laser-cut wood parts form the actual weighing scales, which fit in and around a length of ST-201 PECO Setrack track, included in the kit. 

Another useful addition to the extensive range of Ratio OO/HO scale railway structure kits.

Kit of a typical small box, often found on a branch line or controlling a main line yard.

This kit is a model of a typical GWR brick built signal box with a hipped roof, built between 1896 and 1921. In practice there were many small differences between individual signal boxes as they were often tailored to fit the location, a good example is on the South Devon Railway at Buckfastleigh. The Ratio Signal Box Interior kit 553 will provide a wealth of interior detail. Supplied with pre-coloured parts although painting and/or weathering can add realism (See the Pecoscene Weathering Powder range PS-360 - 365); glue is required to complete this model. Footprint: Approx 90mm x 48mm

A truly versatile kit that can be made up in many different formats. The door/window and shutter positions can be swapped around, or left as blank wall. It is easy, for example, to place them in the unit ends, where the shutters could allow trains to enter to make the unit into an EMU/DMU/Diesel Depot. This kit can be made up in full or half relief, and an extension kit (SSM315) is available to make it wider. Multiple kits can easily be joined together to make a building that is limited only by your imagination. Supplied with pre-coloured parts although painting and/or weathering can add realism; glue is required to complete this model. Footprint: 168mm x 168mm (Stand Alone Format) or 336mm x 84mm (Half Relief Format)

Registration number LO 266 on bows, name 'Galaxy' on stern. Approx size 100mm x 36mm. The Harburn Hamlet range of painted resin accessories provide interesting scenic details to go around the quayside on your layout.

Registration number RY 199 on bows, name 'Mi Amigo' on stern. Approx size 100mm x 36mm. The Harburn Hamlet range of painted resin accessories provide interesting scenic details to go around the quayside on your layout.

The kit comprises a coaling stage, water tower with crane, and a hoist for loading the coal. This model and the Engine Shed kit (Ref 522) make a good starting point for any layout in need of steam engine facilities. The Pecoscene Real Coal range (PS-330 -332) provides the perfect addition, as do the Pecoscene Ash and Cinder Scatter Materials (PS-320 - 322). An Inspection Pit (Peco LK-56/156) was also a common feature. Supplied with pre-coloured parts although painting and/or weathering can add realism (See the Pecoscene Weathering Powder PS-362 Coal Dust); glue is required to complete this model. Footprint: 140mm x 80mm

A kit of pre coloured and clear parts that can be built in a number of different ways and can be stood on a platform or on ground level.

This kit is modelled on the Midland Railway standard 4d box with characteristic hipped roof, and is based on the prototype at Swadlincote Junction, Leics. This timeless design lasted right up to the demise of mechanical signalling. The Ratio Signal Box Interior kit 553 will provide a wealth of interior detail. Supplied with pre-coloured parts although painting and/or weathering can add realism (See the Pecoscene Weathering Powder range PS-360 - 365); glue is required to complete this model. Footprint 130mm x 50mm.

We have teamed up with DPD to produce this new modular kit in the Wills Modern range, replicating a typical local depot that might be found on industrial estates across the country, and quite possibly adjacent to the railway.

The modeller can choose where to place doors and windows, and whether to build as a stand-alone structure or as a low-relief backdrop. This kit is supplied with a fully detailed printed interior, so modellers can construct the building with doors and shutters open if they wish. There is even an office scene for the windows! The kit is also supplied with coloured parts, meaning that painting, whilst desirable for full authenticity, is not essential.