DRAW Decal

Radio Interview Thursday Night

Greg Drawbaugh — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:20:19 +0000

We are pleased to be a guest of Hawkeye on the Plastic Scale Modeling Hour this Thursday May 17th at 700pm Eastern US time. The interview will be live and carried on the internet, so please be sure to call in or join the chatroom on Warbird Radio to hit me with your questions. In case you miss the live broadcast, the interview will also be available to be downloaded a few days after the show.

Back to Business, Soon!

Greg Drawbaugh — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:43:14 +0000

We received word from our printer that the repairs have been made to their printer and can expect to receive a large print order at the end of the week. Once the first group of prints are on the way to us, we will then turn our store back on to accept retail orders. We greatly appreciate everyone’s patience and interest in our decals. Please stay tuned for the news that the store is open again.

Jon Proctor Summer Trip from 1962

Greg Drawbaugh — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:25:08 +0000

Here is a great photo essay from a summer trip taken by Jon Proctor in 1962. Click on the photo to be linked to Jon’s page and photos, another great blast from the past!

Store Open for Viewing Only, No New Orders

Greg Drawbaugh — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:08:56 +0000

Thanks to our web guru, we have the DRAW Decal store visible again, albeit with the shopping cart disabled. Everything on the store site is fully functioning and visible, but no orders can be placed at this point. We are still working on getting the printing issues resolved, and we will be back open for business just as soon as we can.

Everyone who has a current Open order with us should have received an email offering a full refund or a partial shipment. We also owe a big thanks to Airline Hobby Supplies who filled some of our outstanding orders from their inventory.

Store Closed

Greg Drawbaugh — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:38:27 +0000

It is with deep regret that we must suspend all decal sales in the DRAW Decal store. The mechanical issues with the printer at the print house who does our printing continues to worsen. We are unable to guarantee delivery of our decals from the printer, so we have made the tough choice to close the store until the situation is resolved. We will reopen the store once the printing situation is fully resolved.

Customers with current open orders will be contacted and offered partial shipments with a refund, or offered a full refund. All refunds will be issued as quickly as Paypal can process the payments.

We do not know if this situation will last days or weeks. We will post more here once we know the remedy for this situation is in place. We deeply regret having to do this, as we do not wish to lose anyone’s trust in our integrity.

Sincerely,

Greg Drawbaugh

Owner, DRAW Decal

NASA “Bare Metal” Shuttle Carrier 747 Released

Greg Drawbaugh — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:11:56 +0000

This Boeing 747-100 started life in September 1970 with American Airlines as N9668. In July 1974 it was sold to NASA were it remains in service today. NASA removed the American Airlines logo from the tail along with the N number and main titles. NASA retained the red, white and blue side stripes. The large side American logo was stripped and the metal was buffed clean. The location of the American Airlines titles was still visible after being stripped. By December 1974, 905 had the shuttle mounts added along with the new vertical fins on the stabilizers for the first SCA flight with the non-operational shuttle “Enterprise.” This later version of 905 is the most unique with the added fuselage doublers and the mission markings denoting the flights.

This set is available in 1:200, 1:288 and 1:144 scales.

1:48 Scale ANG F-102′s Released

Greg Drawbaugh — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:05:21 +0000

We are pleased to now offer our ANG F-102 set in 1:48 scale for the Encore Models kit. This is this same art as the previously released version in 1:72. This set covers the Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina ANG units who flew the F-102.

TWA Memories from Jon Proctor

Greg Drawbaugh — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:44:15 +0000

Here is a great article from my friend Jon Proctor’s website, just click on the photo to be linked. Most know Jon Proctor as an aviation author and former editor of Airliners Magazine, but not many of us know all he did when he worked for TWA and later Pan Am. Jon’s photos are mind-blowing to see, and are only topped by the stories and events he witnessed first-hand.

TNT Airways 747-400F’s Released

Greg Drawbaugh — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:49:26 +0000

In December 2006, TNT Airways took delivery of the first of four Boeing 747-4HAF(ER) freighters. The aircraft are powered by GE CF6 engines. The first two aircraft were painted in full TNT colors, and the second two were delivered on Emirates Cargo colors. This set just covers the first two in the full TNT colors.

This set is available in both 1:200 and 1:144 and joins our other TNT sets which include the 737-300F, 757F, 767-300F, 777F as well as the A380F and BC-17 flight of fancys.

Back Home and Filling Orders

Greg Drawbaugh — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:20:00 +0000

After a great trip to southern Arizona, we have returned home to Minnesota. Shortly after returning, a long anticipated print run from our printer also arrived. While there is still a good sized backlog waiting to be printed, we are pleased to be able to send out the majority of our oldest open orders with this shipment. Please bear with us as we will keep filling orders just as quickly as we can. We once again apologize for the longer than usual delay in filling some of our orders during the past six weeks.

Here a Ferruginous Hawk makes an impressive short-field landing I caught during my visit to the Desert Museum in Tucson.