In 2014, Aer Lingus of Ireland entered into an agreement with Air Contractors to operate three Boeing 757-2Q8s on its behalf for summer services across the Atlantic to Boston and New York from Shannon and Toronto from Dublin. The aircraft have Pratt & Whitney engines, and were formerly operated by Finnair.
This set is available in both 1:144 and 1:200 scales, click either image to be linked into our store site.
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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.
Very nice release.
Excellent, a modern Are Lingus livery. A current ATR-72 would be MUCH appreciated.
Spectacular! Hope for an A330 set soon!!
Greg, Thanks for producing the following decal sheet.
Aer Lingus 757-49 in 1/144 scale. Will you kindly reserve one for me and I will collect it from you at Telford. I have tried to persuade John Stokes to buy one but he does not like the Minicraft kit as it has a number of inaccuracies. I’m sure he will relent at Telford and buy one. Agree with Richards comments, a current ATR 72 in Aer Lingus would be most welcomed by a number of us civil modellers.
Keep up the good work.
David Wallace
I wish to say that I truly enjoyed working on this 1/200 sheet of Aer Lingus 757. Although I still need to do some minor work, it was easy to apply the stripes and tail scheme with the authentic Aer Lingus titles. That’s the best part! At first, it was difficult to determine what color would match the top dark green color, so I used Testor’s Ford car model ‘grabber green’ spray paint and its the closest match I could find at the local hobby shop. I’m sure someone can find a more accurate color, but that’s what I would recommend when painting the top green.
Charles,
Many thanks and glad to hear the decal worked so well for you. We also appreciate the paint match. Have a great Christmas and keep building.