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Do-217 underside painted acrylic Tamiya Black, two Hs-293 missiles and internal wheel wells painted enamel Testor Flat Gull Grey. "H" character on wing edges referred to individual bomber code. Engine exhaust ports 
painted enamel Testor Military Brown. Ventral gun canopy frame replicated with black decal stripes.
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Rollover : Do-217 landing wheels reinforced by gluing small metal pins to its struts, since plastic parts felt alittle flimsy holding up model weight. FuG 202 airborne radar antenna made by gluing wing pitots from 1.48 Monogram P-40 fighter kit, inserted into tube shaft made from plastic nozzle for 10W40 aerosol lubricate can, then glued to hole drilled into nose cone.
Inset 1 : First version of Henschel Hs-293 missile was wireless radio-control, hence scratch-built antennae by inserting electrical leads into missile rear, then supergluing paint brush bristles at perpendicular angles.
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Missile's liquid-propellant fuel pods made from 1/72 aircraft bombs with tail fins removed. Truth was that original fuel pods were chewed up by my Pomeranian puppies when I left model parts on the ground. But all is well that ends well, since replacement parts had better panel lines. Fuel pod only gave Hs-293 a 10-second boost, rest of flight was in controlled glide mode, thus weapon was less of a missile and more of a glider bomb. Henschel Hs 293 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hs-293
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Inset 2 : Hs-293 photo close-up on holding frame before aircraft installation. 10-second burst fuel tank slugged below 
airframe, rocket motor / red flare housing in rear, warhead has semi-armor piercing ring (ensure ship hull penetration before exploding).
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This missile type originally developed in 1939, but with no appropriate rocket motor produced, it was tested as glider bomb with wings and tail, but no rudder. Rocket propellant ultimately selected was volatile mixture of T-stoff and Z-stoff chemical reactants (same reactants used for famed world's first operational rocket fighter : German Me-163 Komet). T-Stoff - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Stoff
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Related Model and History : Me-163 Komet - UweMilitaria.org/3-Aerial/Kraftei/index.html
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Missile would drop circa 300 feet before rocket reached maximum thrust. However, Germans had persistent problems with motors and control surfaces icing up at high altitudes. One remedy was redirect partial engine exhaust from launch plane into rocket motor to keep components warm before launch. Henschel Hs-293 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqXKnlnJqjc
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Inset 3 : Henschel Hs-293 test fired from Heinkel He-111 bomber. Bomber's SP squadron code indicates it belongs to weapon platform experimental unit, letter T for gruppe, letter O for individual aircraft. Identification codes of units of the Luftwaffe 1939 - 1945 - www.rlm.at/cont/archiv02_e.htm
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Hs-293 with elongated warhead, is of latter wire-guided version (hence no rear antennae) for remote radio control 
(since Allies able to jam its wireless radio frequency), instead this missile / glider bomb spools wire from its wings for wire-guided radio control. A missile Hs293 reaches his your aim - www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ5UAEVyyfk
- Although at cutting edge of WW2 technology, missile control aircraft had to fly parallel with Hs-293 missile after launch for controller to maintain visual frame of reference. Missile flight path was not direct line-of-sight to target, but rather flew series of arcs before impact. This meant control plane could not take evasive action against anti-aircraft fire or intercepting enemy aircrafts or else missile controller would loose visual reference. Luftwaffe Bomber Wing KG 200 - www.2worldwar2.com/kg200.htm
