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Northwest Airlines cargo division operated a fleet of fourteen 747-200 freighters. Ten of these 747s were factory-built 747-200Fs, and four were converted 747-200s. When Northwest dropped the “Orient” from their name after the Republic merger, an updated scheme appeared on the 747 freighters. Our decal depicts this updated, second scheme which was used only on only the factory-built 747-200Fs. -
Northwest was an earlier operator of the A320 and ended up operating 78 of the type along with the shorter A319. This decal depicts the last scheme used by Northwest prior to the merger with Delta. -
Starting in 1975, Northwest Orient Airlines cargo division operated a fleet of 747-200 freighters. The original six of the eventual fourteen 747s in the fleet were delivered in this striking polished bare aluminum livery. The cargo operation was disbanded after the merger with Delta Air Lines. Our decal depicts this striking early livery for Northwest Orient Cargo. -
Northwest Orient, later Northwest Airlines, was the launch customer for the Pratt & Whitney-powered version of the DC-10, the DC-10-20. Northwest wanted fleet commonality with it’s 747 fleet, so the longer-ranged DC-10 was developed with JT9D engines, and per Northwest’s request became the DC-10-40 so to not be considered inferior to the DC-10-30 which Douglas was also developing. The final irony to follow was Northwest obtaining second-hand DC-10-30s which were all operated past the DC-10-40s retirement. -
In 1999, Northwest painted ex-Varig DC-10-30 N237NW into a special "Alliance " paint scheme to commemorate the new Alliance between Northwest and KLM. Each side was a combination of the two paint schemes, but in reversed order side to side. The scheme did not last long, and N237NW was painted back into the standard NWA "Bowling Shoe " scheme. -
Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Omni Air International provides charter and ACMI flights worldwide. Omni Air International operated a large number of DC-10s, and this decal depicts the various DC10-30s operated by Omni Air International in their original all-white scheme. -
Following its acquisition of National Airlines in 1980, Pan American World Airways became a Douglas DC-10 operator. The fleet included both the -10 and -30 variants, and eventually numbered 16 aircraft. Our decal includes the full markings along with all Clipper names.
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.