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In August 2008, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) took delivery of two Boeing KC-767 tanker aircraft. Four frames would eventually be delivered and put into service expanding the reach of the island nation's combat air arm. -
The Fokker F-27 worked for many years as a “feeder” aircraft for FedEx by flying from the smaller regional airports throughout the U.S. and linking up with larger hub airports. The F-27 was operated by both Mountain Air Cargo and Empire Airlines. The F-27 was replaced by the much quieter and more fuel efficient ATR-42 and ATR-72 turboprops, and decals for the FedEx ATRs are also available. -
Winston-Salem based Piedmont Airlines acquired Boeing 727-200 aircraft in the early 1980s. The stretched Tri-Jet would expand Piedmont service into the American West, including Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. All aircraft were second-hand frames, including a large batch from PSA. This decal provides the markings for Piedmont’s 727-200 Pacemakers. -
In August 2024, Atlas Air unveiled the first 777F freighter to wear its company colors. The aircraft, N703GT, is a former LAN Cargo aircraft and had operated for several years in basic LAN colors. This decal provides the markings for this aircraft, and allows for the modeling of future aircraft in the fleet. -
As the world’s largest operator of the Canadair Regional Jet, it was natural that Delta Air Lines would add the stretched CRJ variants to its Delta Connection network. Eventually, over 170 of the CRJ900 variant would be operated by Delta Connection partners. This decal provides the markings for these aircraft in Delta’s current colors. -
Founded in 2022 and scheduled to begin operations in the Summer of 2024, City Airlines is a part of the Lufthansa Group, and uses the Lufthansa City brand. City will be a brand-within-a-brand of Lufthansa and will conduct flights initially from the Munich hub, and later Frankfurt. The first aircraft, D-ABGH (formerly of Eurowings), was painted in January 2024. The colors are the standard Lufthansa scheme, with lighter blue City titles.
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.