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U.S. express carrier FedEx Express began replacing its aging Fokker F-27s in 2003 with ATR aircraft. The initial batch consisted of ATR-42s from Continental Express, though the fleet has grown to include the larger ATR-72 as well. The aircraft are operated by Mountain Air Cargo and Empire Airlines in the US, Morningstar Air Cargo in Canada, Swiftair Cargo in Spain, and Air Contractors, based in Dublin, Ireland. This decal provides the markings to model any ONE aircraft in the fleet. -
During the late 1980s, Simmons Airlines operated ATR42s on behalf of Northwest Airlink from Northwest's Detroit hub. The operation was short-lived, and the ATRs went on to American Eagle when AMR purchased Simmons in 1988. Our decal depicts the full Northwest Airlink scheme on these ATR42s. -
Beginning in the second half of the 1960s, Air National Guard units began receiving Douglas C-124 Globemasters as the active duty force began taking delivery of newer C-141 Starlifters. One of these Guard units, the 165th Military Airlift Group (Georgia ANG) was the first Guard unit to receive the C-124 and the final Air Force unit to operate the type. This decal provides the markings for all ANG units that operated the C-124 - GA (x2), MS, NC, NH, OK, TN (x2), UT. This is a very large and thorough decal, and it is illustrated with a four-page instruction sheet.
About Draw Decal
Offering High Quality and Unique Aircraft Decals Since 1999!
How did we get our Name?
My father is a US Army-trained draftsman, and he always signed his drawings with the initials “DRAW.” Since we have to DRAW our decals, and DRAW is also the first four letters of my last name, it seemed to be a natural name for our company.
What is the idea behind DRAW Decal?
I produce airline decals that normally would not be popular enough to justify mass producing. Each decal is printed as demand warrants, one page at a time by a professional print house. This makes for slow production, but it allows us to individually inspect each decal and to also update the decal sets as the need arises. While these production sets are all currently available, they are only produced (i.e. printed) as they are ordered. I have no large pile of unsold, unpopular decals to contend with this way. Our decals are as close to custom-made as possible.
Who creates your art?
The art work for our decals is created by a group of artists, with each one contributing sets of their own unique design and preference. Currently, DRAW Decal offers decals designed by: Tim Bradley, Mike Egan, Norm Filer, Mike Jernfors, Jeff Thomsen and yours truly, Greg Drawbaugh. Each set is identified by whom designed it unless I was the one who designed it.
How do I do that?
Our decals are printed in our exclusive Next Generation DIGITAL Silk process using a large format digital printer that prints white ink. We do NOT sell ANY laser-printed decals. Laser printers are for printing instruction sheets, not printing decals.
We are made the switch to our latest Next Generation DIGITAL Silk process to provide what we believe to be among the highest quality decals in the industry. We also want to be able to provide subjects that just would not print well using any other process. Quality and value have always been our driving force, and we continue to push the limits of what our printer and artwork is capable of producing. We operate under a continual improvement process for all of our decals.
Do you run out of stock?
No, as I print decals only as they are ordered. This ensures that the decals are fresh and never out of stock. This also allows me to make corrections and additions to each set as they occur.
Once applied, these decals will look just like they were painted on, rather than just “stickers” applied over a paint job. Remember, the art of decaling is making it look like you did not use any decals!
Thanks for stopping by, and come back often to see what we have added.