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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. -
"Ole Yeller" is the long serving airshow and race control mount of the legend Bob Hoover. Our decal represents this historic Mustang as it appeared at Gathering of Mustangs and Legends in Columbus, Ohio during 2007. -
Owned by C.E. Crosby of Bellingham, WA, "Mr Choppers " raced at Reno in 1964 and possibly other years. 44-74602 is now owned by Jack Hovey of Ione, CA and is painted in a sharp desert sand / spinach camo scheme. Thanks to Mike Fuller for the info: the blue is Tamiya TS-23 and white tips are TS-26 pure white shot over Tamiya Fine White Primer. Clear, shot over both color and decals, Tamiya TS-13 clear. -
"Red Baron" is a highly modified P-51D Mustang which has a larger Rolls-Royce Griffin 57 engine and contra-rotating propellers installed in place of the stock Rolls-Royce Merlin. Prior to its modifications it was raced as "Miss R.J." and "Roto-Finish Special," winning Reno Gold in 1972. In 1974 it was sold to Ed Browning of Red Baron Flying Service who hired Lockheed Engineers Pete Law and Bruce Boland to make the modifications which transformed the "stock" P-51D into the RB-51 "Red Baron." "Red Baron" was the dominant player in the unlimited race field in the late 1970s, and at one point won four unlimited races in a row, a record which still stands. With Steve Hinton at the controls, Red Baron claimed the 3-kilometer piston-driven speed record of 499.018 mph in 1979 prior to its ultimate demise later in the 1979 Reno Unlimited race. The artwork for this decal was originally issued with the exceptional Fisher Models RB-51 kit. We have updated the printing to our latest Next Generation DIGITAL Silk standards including double-printing the white ink. -
The North Carolina Forest Service currently operates a fleet of 23 fixed wing aircraft and five helicopters. Three of the five helicopters are former US Army UH-1H Hueys, N6132N, N6132Z and N60124, and a fourth N81785 was retired and is on display outside the Forest Service Aviation base in Kinston, North Carolina.
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.