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In 2015, Korean Air took delivery of its first 747-8i, becoming the only airline to operate both versions (passenger and cargo) of the final variant of Boeing's venerable Queen of the Skies. This is fitting, since the Korean carrier has operated nearly every variant of the 747 (the exception being the initial -100). -
American Airlines is a large operator of the Boeing 737-800 with a fleet numbering over 280 of the type. Coinciding with the delivery of the flagship 777-300ER, American replaced its iconic red, white and blue scheme with a new scheme. This decal depicts the American 737-800s in this new scheme. -
British Airways was one of the two airlines that operated the incomparable Concorde. The set is for the final "Union Flag" scheme used by British Airways on their seven Concordes. Each tail of the seven British Airways Concordes were a bit different, and our decal offering closely matches G-BOAG -
In late 2022, New Zealand took delivery of the first of four P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft. The aircraft will replace the country’s fleet of P-3K Orions. The remaining three aircraft will be delivered in 2023. Our decal provides the markings for these four aircraft operated by the RNZAF. -
Qantas was a long time operator of the 747 and finally put the type to rest in 2020. The final six Qantas 747-400s were the specialized ER versions which enabled the Queen to serve some impressively long routes. Our decal depicts the five 747-400ERs in the final scheme prior to their retirement in 2020. Our decal includes double-struck opaque white ink as well as our fine details including AOAs, landing lights and static ports. -
Delta Air Lines was the first operator of the venerable Douglas DC-9, placing their first DC-9-14 into service on December 8, 1965. After the short-lived sideways "Widget" on the tail, the Delta fleet served in the standard Widget scheme until their sale to Southern Airways in 1973. -
Pan Am was a launch customer for both the DC-8 and 707. Pan Am took delivery of their first of nineteen DC-8-32 / -33s in 1960, and retired the last one in 1969. Our decal includes all nineteen Clipper names. -
Delta Air Lines was the first operator of the venerable Douglas DC-9, placing their first DC-9-14 into service on December 8, 1965. The initial scheme on the DC-9 featured a sideways "Widget" on the tail which lasted a few short years before being rotated 90 degrees for the more familiar look that lasted many years. -
Founded by George T. Baker, Miami-based National Airlines operated until 1980 when they were acquired by Pan Am. National was an early user of the DC-10 trijet taking delivery of DC-10-10 N60NA in 1971. Longer range DC-10-30s were added in 1973. Our decal depicts the classic National “Sun King” scheme for their DC-10 fleet. Our decal includes the ship names: Barbara, Suzanne, Frances, Wisty, Renee, Marlene and Timmi.
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.