ok.. some explain.
Everything needed to make a rom is INCLUDED in the kitchen. You need NOTHING ELSE......
1. You extract the rom..
2. You run the createos.
3. You run the createROM.
4. You run the HTC Encryptor program.
At that point you have a NK.NBF file just like what the colonel has been sharing. You simply need to flash that file to you're phone just like you have been w/ the colonels 'latest nk.nbf" files.
Of course, at that point you only have a STOCK 3.5 rom. There are no application adds to it.
To add applications you grab the files you want form the OEM Kitchens.. Much like getting a cab. read any "readme" file from there. Ordinarily all you do is copy the directory to the subdirectory found in the kitchen. and then run steps 2-4.
If you have problems at that point, I sugguest you wait for others to build the applications you want into them, and just flash the roms they make for you.