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Donbassaero was a Ukrainian airline which operated between 2003 and 2013. According to Wikipedia the only remarkable event in its decade of existence happened in March 2010 when a flight from Simferopol to Kiev had to be cancelled because the entire crew was drunk. One of the affected passengers was the Ukrainian deputy Attorney General so we can probably assume that the incident didn’t end well for those involved. Anyhow, Donbassaero’s spectacular black and orange livery certainly caught my eye when I spotted of one of their A320s operating for AeroSvit at Berlin Tegel in the summer of 2012. When I later discovered that decals were available from BS Modelle a model became inevitable, if only to show the ill-informed that not all airliners are white. I refurbished an old Revell A320 which was previously in the marginally less flamboyant livery of Dutch Bird. I changed the engines from CFMs to V2500s, replaced the winglets and added a few small fairings otherwise the refurbishment was a straightforward strip down and repaint. Damage during dismantling meant that the main undercarriage legs had to be replaced with metal items from Scale Aircraft Conversions, a bit over-priced but indispensable in this situation. Paint is Hycote Ford Carnival Red, Halfords Gloss Black and Holts Grey HL01. I was reminded the hard way that gloss black is almost as unforgiving as natural metal when it comes to dodgy seams! As I mentioned the main decals are by BS Modelle. It was the first time I’d used their products. The larger decals are OK although they have a slightly “home made” feel and printing white decals on white backing paper isn’t entirely helpful. Door outlines and detail decals are useless and need to be replaced. It’s also worth mentioning that BS Modelle have been accused of trying to rip off other manufacturers notably Nazca although I’m as satisfied as I can be that the Donbassaero decals are an original product. The windows are by Authentic Airliners, coroguard is by Liveries Unlimited and stencils and additional markings came from the spares box. I don’t claim total accuracy for the stencils but they make the model look reasonably “busy”. Thanks for looking and as always constructive criticism is welcome. Dave G