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When you have a BIG fire and need a BIG tanker, who you gonna call?? You could call 10 Tanker Air Carrier and have them dispatch one of their two DC-10 Very Large Air Tankers. Based in California, 10 Tanker Air Carrier operates the only two DC-10 fire bombers in the world. With its tank built by Erickson Air Crane capable of carrying 12,000 gallons (45,000 liters) of retardant, gel, foam, or water, the DC10 has consistently proven to be effective in both direct and indirect applications. -
This includes full unit markings and sixteen ship names for C-17As assigned to Charleston AFB, with the 437th/315th AW. -
Prior to the introduction of the current livery, South African Airways aircraft were painted in this attractive scheme with the famous Springbok featured prominently on an orange tail. This decal provides the markings for the Boeing 737-244 Advanced fleet which includes 19 different ship names and corresponding registrations. -
Prior to its merger with Republic Airlines, Hughes Airwest operated a fleet of 32 Douglas DC-9-30 Series aircraft. This decal provides the markings for these airframes, including the transition markings worn during the merger period.
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.