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Having been a major Tri-Jet operator and a long-time Douglas/McDonnell-Douglas customer, it was not unexpected when Delta Air Lines ordered the world’s final tri-jet airliner - the MD-11. Delta received 15 Pratt & Whitney-powered examples, though it did operate two leased frames with GE engines before the P&W aircraft were delivered. This decal provides the markings for Delta’s P&W-powered MD-11 fleet in their delivered widget scheme colors. -
Delta Air Lines MD-11 N812DE was painted in special colors for the 1996 Summer Olympics, held in the airline’s hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Following the conclusion of the Games, ship 812 was repainted into the Widget colors her sisters were still wearing. The fuselage stripe was shortened at the aft fuselage, and small Centennial Spirit lettering was added to the forward fuselage. This decal provides these markings for N812DE. -
Prior to the delivery of the first of Delta Air Lines’ 15 Pratt & Whitney MD-11s, two GE-powered airframes were leased from McDonnell-Douglas. While they did wear the famous Widget colors, the markings for these two aircraft varied slightly from the later Pratt-powered airframes. Both aircraft later went to VASP, Gemini Air Cargo and Western Global. -
Having found success with a fleet of DC-10s, American Airlines ordered the follow-on MD-11, with deliveries beginning in 1991. The aircraft never quite met performance promises, and American began phasing the type out in 1996, to be replaced by the Boeing 777. This decal provides the markings for American’s final tri-jet airliner. -
During the 1990s, Garuda Indonesia operated a fleet of McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 aircraft. The aircraft wore the airline's then-current scheme featuring a dark blue tail and winglets. This decal provides the markings for the nine aircraft operated directly by the airline.
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.