The typical London & South Western or London, Chatham & Railway signal consisted of a lower quadrant arm on a lattice post, with an open cruciform finial and round-case lamp, all supplied by Stevens & Co. Post-Grouping, the Southern Railway modernised many of these signals by replacing the arm with the upper quadrant Westinghouse type. A square-case lamp was also fitted at the same time. This type of post was also used for new installations and renewals until the advent of rail-built posts in the 1930s. Some examples are still in use today.

The kit can be built as a home or distant signal in any height up to 27ft. Alternative LSWR and LCDR pattern finials are included (LSWR shown opposite).

The kit is designed for mainly soldered construction, but Araldite or superglue can be used in places, particularly if the finished signal is not intended to operate. Some simple marking out, cutting and shaping of parts is required. To see exactly what is involved in constructing this kit, download the instruction sheet as an Adobe Acrobat® file (122kb).