Category Archives: Custom Kits

CTB-6500 Instructions Available

January 1, 2009 – 11:22 am

I finally tracked down the LDraw part I was missing to properly generate the instructions for my CTB-6500 Yellow Monster Truck.  The instructions are now available for download as a PDF file (6.67MB).  Enjoy!
This is my first set of instructions done with LPub4 which greatly simplifies the process of documenting a model.  The cover [...]

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First Results from LPub4 – CTB-6500

November 30, 2008 – 3:50 pm

For the past day or so I have been playing with LPub4 here and there.  I am happy to post the first results of my efforts.  I can only say “wow” – Kevin Clague is the man!  I never thought I would see the day where we would have WYSIWYG creation LEGO instructions but that [...]

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CTB Container at the ILTCO NMRA 2007 Show

July 28, 2007 – 9:55 pm

I was poking through some of the early pictures on BrickShelf from the 2007 ILTCO combined club layout and found one of my CTB containers in one of the images.  I had built a number of these containers a few years ago (2004?) and gave them to a few people.  They are constructed from Maersk [...]

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Free Model of the Month – CTB-1133

November 30, 2006 – 5:12 pm

Carolina Train Builders Free Model of the Month for November 2006 is the CTB-1133 HS Passenger Wagon. Originally built for NCLTC’s Holiday Layout at South Hills Mall, where we are running a 4511 High Speed Train, CTB-1133 offers an easy way to extend the 4511 train.
Instructions are available for download free of charge.

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Free Model of the Month – CTB-3115

January 24, 2005 – 9:54 am

Carolina Train Builders Free Model of the Month for January 2005 is the CTB-3115 Christmas Engine.
Instructions are available for download free of charge.

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