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This Mustang reportedly saw combat service as "Miss Helen" of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, coded HO-M and flown by Raymond Littge. "Miss Helen", G-BIXL was restored in the late 1980s and initially appeared in an anonymous 352nd FG scheme before being painted drab/pale grey as "Miss L" for the film "Memphis Belle". The aircraft remained in a drab/pale grey scheme for some time after filming before being refinished in silver and named as "Miss Helen", possibly its original World War II identity. Here is a link to a site for the real "Miss Helen." -
The original "Cripes A' Mighty" was one of the mounts of Major George E. Preddy of the 352nd Fighter Group, the top P-51 Mustang ace. This decal represents this Mustang as it appeared at Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in Columbus, Ohio during 2007. -
The CMV-22B has been selected by the US Navy to replace the venerable C-2A Greyhound in the role of Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD). Initially, aircraft did not wear any unit-specific markings. In recent years, markings and tail color have started to appear. This decal provides the markings for VRM-30’s Detachment 5, which supports the USS George Washington. -
Decal depicts the two Cobra's used by the United States Forest Service. You will need to fill in and reshape the area around the gun turret, then scratch build a FLIR pod. -
23-year old Chuck Lyford flew this all-white P-51D-25 in the 1964 Harold's Club Transcontinental Trophy Dash from St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Florida to Reno Nevada. After leading the entire race, a serious of events at the end of the race conspired to have Chuck finish 2nd out of the eight P-51s that started the race. The "Bardahl Special" was unique in this race as Chuck used 150 gallon Skyraider drop tanks to extend his range. Chuck's "Bardahl Special" also pylon raced at Reno, of course without the drop tanks used in the transcon race.
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.