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"Petie 2nd" was one of the aircraft flown by Lt. Col. John C. Meyer, CO of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. N314BG, was rebuilt from the wreckage of the late lamented "CF-BAU" of the Canadian Warplane Heritage. After a period in England, it moved to the US. This decal represents this Mustang as it appeared at Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in Columbus, Ohio during 2007. "Petie 2nd" N314BG and virtually identical "Petie 2nd" N5427V were both at the 2007 Gathering and were very similar in appearance. -
"Petie 2nd" was one of the aircraft flown by Lt. Col. John C. Meyer, CO of the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. This decal represents this Mustang as it appeared at Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in Columbus, Ohio during 2007. "Petie 2nd" N5427V and virtually identical "Petie 2nd" N314BG were both at the 2007 Gathering and were very similar in appearance. -
The original "Red Dog XII" was flown by Major Louis Norley of the 4th Fighter Group, 334th Fighter Squadron. This decal represents this Mustang as it appeared at Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in Columbus, Ohio during 2007. -
"Val-Halla", N151AF, flies in postwar USAF 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron markings with high-visibility red panels, paying tribute to the F-89s and F-102s flown from Iceland by owner and retired astronaut Bill Anders. This decal represents this Mustang as it appeared at Gathering of Mustangs in 1999. -
The modern "Princess Elizabeth" reproduces Lt. William Whisner's P-51B-10 HO-W 42-106449 of the 487th FS, 352nd FG. "Princess Elizabeth", N487FS, was extensively rebuilt at Duxford in the early 2000s to an authentic P-51B/C specification before being shipped to the USA in time to attend the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in 2007. This decal represents this Mustang as it appeared at Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in 2007. -
Previously "Kentucky Babe", "Crazy Horse 2, N351DT, was acquired by Stallion 51 at Kissimmee, Florida in 2005 to supplement the stalwart "Crazy Horse" in flight training. As a working aircraft it is painted overall silver with a representative "blue-noser" USAAF paint scheme. This decal represents this Mustang as it appeared at Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in Columbus, Ohio during 2007. -
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." -
1994 Reno Unlimited Gold winner "Miss America", N991R has been a long-time racer, generally in a relatively stock configuration. It appeared in this version of the well known Miss America scheme at Oshkosh in 1998. The airframe, at this time, had a reduced span tailplane and wings with racing modifications to the wingtips. Our decal features double-struck opaque white ink. -
Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXc, registered G-IRTY, was restored in this bare metal scheme in preparation for a flight around the world. -
Set depicts the three F7F Tigercat fire bombers operated by Sis-Q Flying Service of Santa Rosa, California. -
Set depicts the two F7F-3 Tigercats operated by SV Flying Service, E31 and E32.
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.