Paveway II Laser-Guided Bomb with Rotating Wings

That's a really good eye, yeah I use tinkercad. I've only been using it for a month so it's definitely doable to learn it and get to the level where I'm at if I'm any example. to be fair though, I'm a designer for my work, although in two dimensional design, this was the first time I had ever started in three-dimensional design a month ago. I tried to start out with tinkercad by making designs that didn't require a lot of complexity, so I would start there, think of something you would like to model that has a relatively simple shape like mostly a cylinder or a square or some kind of shape, because the less you have to change the shapes that tinkercad gives you the easier it will be. I essentially use every model I make as a chance to learn some new design technique, so I try to pick models that will teach me how to have snap-on parts or moving parts or something like that. but if you look at my very first missile model a month ago, the AIM 120, it's basically just a cylinder with a cone on the top, it's quite basic compared to the stuff I'm making now. So starting out with simpler designs is definitely the best way to go.

another really important thing is to plan out your designs in 2D, if you're trying to imitate something then find pictures of it that are taken at a perfect site angle or perfect top angle, and then you can workout the shapes you are going to need in the exact sizing of them, then go back to tinkercad and build those shapes. I do very little organic design from within tinkercad from scratch, I almost always start with a 2D image and Make sure I understand all the pieces I'm going to have to make in 3D, then I go over to tinkercad. it's a bit like coming up with the floor plan before you actually build a house, as opposed to just building the house without any plans to follow. I usually size things in 2D such that each pixel is a millimeter, that way I can easily just create a 2D box and know that if it's 20 pixels wide then it's 20 mm wide in tinkercad.

thank you so much and I hope that you keep getting better I will definitely try your method. And by the way keep up the good work

Cool -- is that the ball and socket joint thing so it can rotate?

Yup, just like the real thing.

Nice, looks good, glad you are enjoying the models 🙂

you're right! also, the old version kit required significant torque for front assembly. those foot-pound wrenches. i've never seen those kind of massive torque wrenches except for ammunition assembling.

Yep, 650s and 20mm bulk. I went tdy to Osan in the 90s to inspect and recondition what seemed like thousands of 650s. IYAAYAS