TRAIN TIME: Amityville Horror House, Haunted Abandoned House #1, IT Well House, Psycho House Flats from PTF Designs

Nick Futules from PTF Designs is a well known YouTuber and maker of  'flats' for use on HO scale, S-scale, and O-gauge train layouts. 'Flats' are - as their name suggests - flat profile buildings for use as backdrops when one doesn't have room for a full fledged 4-sided structure. Some flats are made with details on the front, both sides, and top while Nick's flats are detailed on the front only (but the sides are colored). He makes his flats with 1/5" high-density foam, a photo overlay on top, and the perimeter cut out precisely to match whatever graphic is used for that particular structure. 

I started buying flats from PTF Designs a couple of years ago for use on my O-gauge train layout and then started fleshing out the Halloween collection with his expanding series of movie-based and fictional horror or haunted houses. While not all of his flats are equipped with LED's, these four are but I have yet to place them into a permanent type setting with all electrical hookups. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Here's an example of a flat with detailing on front, sides, and top. Some firms offer more detailed pieces than this Menards warehouse.

Here's the four houses I currently have on this year's Halloween train layout. I now have another house on order and plan on getting yet another as funds allow. None of the lights are hooked up.

PTF Designs Amityville Horror House

8"W x 8 7/8"H

PTF Designs Haunted Abandoned House #1

8"W x 9 3/8"H

(There is a Haunted Abandoned House #2 in the series, but I don't yet have it.)

PTF Designs IT Well House

10 5/8"W x 8 1/4"H

PTF Designs Psycho House

8 1/4"W x 8"H

This shows one way of connecting the LED's - a battery box with ON/OFF switch (the switch is on the underside of the box in this photo)