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Storybook castle
73 pieces · 15 steps
Four striped towers surround a courtyard with a little archway. Build the walls, add the battlements and finish with a path for your story’s visitors.
Before you build
Match the shapes
Compare each part with its picture and count its rows of studs. A square brick has two rows of two studs; a long brick has two rows of four. Use the full parts list for the exact shapes and quantities.
Follow the colours
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Colour names in the steps refer to the pictures. Keep contrasting colours where they help you recognise the model.
Count the studs
The bumps on top are called studs. Count them when a step asks for a gap or an overhang. Put the build on a flat surface and keep its front facing the same way as in the pictures.
Add a little at a time
New pieces keep their colour in each step. Earlier pieces look lighter so you can see what has changed. Each list tells you exactly what to add.
Build together
An adult can read the steps while a child finds the pieces. The counts are for this one model. For two models to stay built, add their parts lists together.
The arch is a small opening, and the turrets are fixed. No matching vehicle clearance has been checked.
Gather pieces
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Choose your own colours for the same parts; changing a part’s shape is a different substitution.
A wheeled base counts as one complete part, including its attached wheels.
1 × Arch brick (2 × 4 studs)
Cream
Part 11198
2 × Large base plate (6 × 12 studs)
Green
Part 4196
6 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
Blue
Part 3011
16 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
Cream
Part 3011
16 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
Yellow
Part 3011
1 × Long plate (2 × 8 studs)
Blue
Part 44524
4 × Round tower brick (2 × 2 studs)
Yellow
Part 98225
4 × Roof slope (2 × 2 studs)
Red
Part 6474
3 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
Yellow
Part 3437
4 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs)
Red
Part 14721
16 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)
Cream
Part 4066b
Shape-only checklist
- 1 × Arch brick (2 × 4 studs)
- 2 × Large base plate (6 × 12 studs)
- 38 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs)
- 1 × Long plate (2 × 8 studs)
- 4 × Round tower brick (2 × 2 studs)
- 4 × Roof slope (2 × 2 studs)
- 3 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs)
- 4 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs)
- 16 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height)
Total: 73 pieces
Build
STEP 1 OF 15
Set two green large base plates side by side to make a twelve-by-twelve-stud courtyard.
Add these pieces
- 2 × Large base plate (6 × 12 studs) (Green)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 2 OF 15
Start the four corner towers. At each corner, place two cream long bricks side by side to make a four-by-four square.
Add these pieces
- 8 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 3 OF 15
Add a yellow layer to each tower using two long bricks side by side. Line up the edges with the cream layer below.
Add these pieces
- 8 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs) (Yellow)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 4 OF 15
Add another cream layer to each tower using two long bricks side by side.
Add these pieces
- 8 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 5 OF 15
Add another yellow layer to each tower using two long bricks side by side. All four towers should now be four layers high.
Add these pieces
- 8 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs) (Yellow)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 6 OF 15
Join the rear towers with a blue wall, then join each pair of towers along the sides. Leave the front middle open.
Add these pieces
- 3 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 7 OF 15
Add another blue long brick to each connecting wall.
Add these pieces
- 3 × Long brick (2 × 4 studs) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 8 OF 15
Place the cream arch across the front entrance, between the two front towers. Its opening faces out of the courtyard.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Arch brick (2 × 4 studs) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 9 OF 15
Cap each tower with a red square plate.
Add these pieces
- 4 × Square plate (4 × 4 studs) (Red)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 10 OF 15
Centre one yellow round tower brick on each tower roof.
Add these pieces
- 4 × Round tower brick (2 × 2 studs) (Yellow)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 11 OF 15
Add cream battlements to the rear half of each tower: one wall brick on each outside edge.
Add these pieces
- 8 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 12 OF 15
Add cream battlements to the front half of each tower: one wall brick on each outside edge.
Add these pieces
- 8 × Wall brick (1 × 2 studs, double height) (Cream)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 13 OF 15
Add a red roof slope to each round turret, with all four slopes pointing toward the front entrance.
Add these pieces
- 4 × Roof slope (2 × 2 studs) (Red)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 14 OF 15
Lay the blue long plate down the centre of the courtyard. It starts two rows in from the back wall and stops before the gate.
Add these pieces
- 1 × Long plate (2 × 8 studs) (Blue)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
STEP 15 OF 15
Add three yellow stepping stones along the courtyard plate, starting at its back end.
Add these pieces
- 3 × Square brick (2 × 2 studs) (Yellow)
Earlier pieces are lighter in the picture.
READY TO PLAY
Your little story
Name the castle.
Invent a friendly visitor and a reason for their journey.
Tell a story that begins in the courtyard.
Sources and credits
Original assembly. Part geometry adapted from the LDraw Parts Library; attribution and source notices retained. Colours are illustrative.
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