And now it is done!
The Loraine antenna has been added, cut from plastic strip, and the retractable step has been fitted, which was made from plastic rod and strip. The larger tailwheel slotted in nicely on it's wire rod, and the main wheels have been painted, 'dirtied' and fitted.
I didn't have any suitable tubing from which to make cannon barrels, so 'Evergreen' plastic rod was drilled out, cut to length, and clued into the leading edges of each wing. These were painted very dark grey and, when dry, rubbed with pencil lead.
The prop was assembled and brush painted in schwargrun, with a red spinner. When this had dried, the white spiral was painted, using a 00 brush, then the whole lot given a coat of semi-matt clear.
The canopy and windscreen joints were sealed with Micro 'Kristal Kleer', painted to match the surrounding area, then given a coat of semi-matt clear to even the appearance.
Finally, the antenna wire and lead-in were added, using 'invisible' thread, with blobs of PVA to simulate the insulators.
So, here it is, the Arado Ar290A-1/R1, 'White 2' of 13/JG4, at the Focke Wulf Flugplatz, Bremen, in February, 1944.
Now it's someone else's turn to do a 'What if?'.......