But plastic model airplanes are an old man’s hobby and thousands of historical images remain unused. Our desire is preserving the artwork and sharing the stories with you. I learned the decal sheet artwork can be customized with a little effort.
Our plan takes the digital artwork to create vinyl airplane graphics aviation nuts can personalize. Anyone can have a custom graphic of their favorite airplanes and paint schemes, but most importantly their name and personal tail number on the aircraft.
Personalization produced a bigger challenge. Seven years ago when we started down this path programmers told us a website costs over $100,000! There are literally thousands of aircraft configurations, tail numbers, and paint schemes. Automated websites were financially impractical. I knew there must be a way to do this.
New computer customization makes possible a six to eight-foot graphic costing under $150. We’ve done one custom print 30 feet long! The next dilemma was which aircraft to start with? A number of friends said to begin with the iconic planes. So the P-51 Mustang, F-4 Phantom II, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Falcon, F-18 Hornet and of course my KC-135 are first off the printer. You pick future aircraft!