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Christmas Order Cut Off Date

Our Christmas order cut off date is fast approaching

Get your Christmas order in before 9th December to ensure you dont miss out on that perfect Christmas gift for your aviation and railway enthusiast loved ones!

If you have been eyeing some of our products as Christmas gifts (and why wouldnt you be?) make sure your order reaches us by the 9th December. That way we can ensure your gift gets processed and sent out in time for the big day.

This is particularly important if you are looking to buy any personalised items. This will allow time for us to mockup and refine your designs!

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Classic Military Aircraft Winter Clothing Set

630 Sqn Lancaster LE-J v6 Aircraft Navy Winter Set

Classic Military Aircraft Beanie Hat Scarf and Glove Winter Set

Calling all aviation enthusiasts looking for a stylish way to showcase your love for classic military aircraft.

With winter just around the corner, our new beanie hat, scarf, and glove winter sets will keep you warm during your visits to your favorite airfield.

Our exclusive Classic Military Aircraft Clothing designs feature iconic aircraft from around the world, allowing you to celebrate your aviation passion in style.

Stay Warm in Style

Our beanie hat, scarf, and glove winter sets are the perfect addition to any aviation enthusiast’s wardrobe.

Choose your favorite aircraft and have it beautifully embroidered on the beanie hat and scarf.

The gloves are available in small, medium, and large sizes, ensuring a comfortable fit for everyone.

Choose between navy blue or black colours.

A Wide Range of Aircraft Types

With our Classic Military Aircraft range, you have over 30 aircraft types to choose from including

  • World War 2 Fighters
  • World War 2 Bombers
  • Cold War Stalwarts
  • Vietnam War Standouts
  • Falklands War Legends
  • Desert Storm Specials
  • Modern and Contemporary newcomers

Each aircraft is meticulously embroidered with stunning detail, including the name of the plane.

If your favorite aircraft isn’t listed, don’t worry, simply select the ‘Request New Type’ option and we’ll create a design for you!

Feel truly connected to your favorite aircraft with our extensive range which ensures that there’s something for everyone!

High-Quality Materials for Maximum Comfort

We believe that comfort is just as important as style. That’s why our beanie hats are made from 100% soft touch acrylic, providing a cozy and warm feel.

The scarves are crafted from 100% polyester anti-pill Suprafleece®, ensuring durability and protection against the cold.

The gloves are also made from 100% polyester, offering flexibility and insulation. With our winter sets, you can stay warm without compromising on comfort or quality whilst enjoying your next airfield visit.

Exclusive Designs by ©GDMK Images

All the embroidered designs on our winter sets are created and copyrighted by ©GDMK Images. We take pride in offering exclusive and unique designs that you won’t find anywhere else.

Our attention to detail and commitment to quality ensure that each embroidery captures the essence of the aircraft, making it a truly special piece for any aviation enthusiast.

Order Now and Enjoy Free Shipping

To make your shopping experience even more convenient, all prices include shipping to Mainland UK addresses.

So you can order your favorite Classic Military Aircraft Beanie Hat Scarf and Glove Winter Set without worrying about additional costs.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to showcase your love for classic military aircraft while staying warm and stylish during the winter months.

Q/A:

  1. Can I request a specific aircraft or aircraft squadron markings that are not listed in the Classic Military Aircraft range?
    • Absolutely! We understand that everyone has their own favorite aircraft and squadrons. Simply select the ‘Request New Type’ option on your chosen garment, and we’ll create an appropriate design for you.
  2. Are the beanie hat, scarf, and glove sets available in different colors?
    • Currently, we offer these sets in navy blue or black.
  3. What materials are used for the beanie hat, scarf, and gloves?
    • The beanie hats are made from 100% soft touch acrylic, providing a cozy and warm feel. The scarves are crafted from 100% polyester anti-pill Suprafleece®, ensuring durability and protection against the cold. The gloves are also made from 100% polyester, offering flexibility and insulation.
  4. I have big hands – will the gloves be too small for me?
    • We offer the gloves in S, M and L sizes to ensure you have a suitable sized gloves for your hands. Select an appropriate size when ordering.

Thanks for reading and please dont hesitate to get in touch with any questions!

Stay Safe

Gary

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Your Guide to The Coolest Aviation and Railway Enthusiast Drinkware Gifts

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The Updated Enthusiasts Guide to the Coolest Drinkware Range

Read on to find details about the coolest drinkware range available to railway and aviation enthusiasts

Our overhaul of the drinkware range has been completed with the help of your fabulous feedback.

Our collaboration with J.A.M. Arts allowed creation of a unique and novel range of designs on laser-etched drinkware to complement our popular existing printed designs.

The GDMK Images drinkware range offers railway and aviation enthusiasts the following products –

Printed 

  • ceramic mugs (adults and kids sized)

Printed and Laser Etched –

  • travel mugs
  • water bottles
  • thermal flasks

Laser Etched –

  • beer glasses
  • shot glasses
  • whiskey glasses

Remember – almost all these products can be personalised.

Drinkware in Detail

Ceramic Mugs

The first product is the humble mug. We continue to offer our popular printed ceramic mugs in approx 10/11 oz std and 7 oz kids sizes.

Ceramic mugs are available with printed designs and are dishwasher resistant and microwave safe.

Water Bottles

There are several different types of travel mugs and water bottles available to enthusiasts. We sought user feedback for the different types to see if any particular type was more preferable and with this guidance in mind, selected the styles discussed in this guide.

Water bottles are becoming more and more popular. With healthy hydration and reducing single use drink cups and bottles having such a high media profile, we were not surprised to see these sentiments reflected in our feedback.

Although our standard water bottle style received very positive feedback, many people commented they would like to see handles for easier carrying and some form of built in straw.

Fortunately, we did find a water bottle with these features that printed and etched nicely.

The new water bottle with handle also features a flip up drinking spout connected to an integral straw. Fantastic – both preferences in one product!

Lastly, one of the most requested products is now available – bowling pin water bottles!

All water bottles are available with both printed and laser etched designs.

These water bottles should NOT be placed in dishwashers or microwaves!

Insulated Travel Mugs

We are sticking with our standard travel mugs. The feedback suggested that the flexibility of the travel mugs were more than adequate for the job, so why change anything?

Travel mugs are available featuring all our printed and laser etched designs.

New Thermal Flasks

We haven’t offered thermal flasks before. We have added these useful products to the range and made them available with all our printed and laser etched designs. The thermal flasks are great for keeping your hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold! Perfect whatever time of year you are travelling!

These Flasks and Travel Mugs should NOT be placed in dishwashers or microwaves!

Laser Etched Glassware.

We are delighted to confirm an enhanced range of glass drinkware in response to the feedback we received.

Beer Glasses

The trusty beer glass is a staple for many railway and aviation enthusiasts, so we have some great designs on both full pint and 1/2 pint glasses.

Shot Glasses

Toast your friends in style with our shot glasses complete with a cool railway or aviation design!

Whiskey Glasses

Keep an eye out for our soon to be announced laser etched whiskey glasses, perfect for savouring those quiet moments!

Personalisation

You can personalise the core elements of almost every design in our range.

Product Features You Can Personalise

  • Loco/Aircraft Number
  • Loco/Aircraft Colour Scheme
  • Add Specific Markings/Mascots/Codes
  • Add Personalised Messages

What better way to truly enjoy a brew, pint or quiet reflective drink than with a gift featuring your favourite loco or aircraft!

Select any of these products to see how easily you can personalise them!

Drinkware Questions?

Dont hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about our drinkware range or the personalisation process!!

Thanks for reading

Gary

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Tell Us What You Want and Win Great Prizes

Competition Time Again!

As 2022 winds down its time to tell us what you want for a chance to win some great prizes!

Whats on Your Wishlist?

Entry is very simple – tell us your wish list of new designs and/or new product types you would like to see added to the website and we’ll add your name into a prize draw where you could win one of three great prizes!

We are interested to hear what you would really like to see on GDMK Images. Dont hold back, as we will be using the ideas to find new blank products, production equipment if necessary and create new designs that you really want to see!

What Can You Win?

There are three prizes up for grabs –

  1. Brand New Zip Neck Fleece with your choice of embroidered design
  2. Beanie Hat and Scarf with your choice of embroidered design
  3. Mug & Coaster set featuring the image of your choice

Best of Luck in the Competition!

We wish you the best of luck. 

January, February and March is trade show season and we will use the submissions as guidance to investigate new blank product lines at the shows. If at all practicable we will then look at adding them to the online shop!

You can rest assured that we are always looking for new and novel products to add our designs to and be the No1 source for Railway, Aviation enthusiasts.

Closing date is Sunday 15th January with winners being announced on Monday 16th January

Good luck

Gary

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New Silver 56 Squadron Lightning and Shackleton MR2

New Silver 56 Squadron Lightning and Shackleton MR2

We have just added a silver colour scheme 56 Squadron F1 Lightning and a Shackleton MR2 to the embroidered clothing range.

The silver 56 Squadron Lightning complements the existing 5 Squadron and 11 Squadron Lightning F6 clothing designs.

The Shackleton MR2 is in the earlier white colour scheme and complements our Sea Grey Shackleton MR3 aircraft.

56 Squadron Lightning F1

The Lightning F1A embroidery is based on the 56 Squadron Firebirds display aircraft that were based at RAF Wattisham in the early 1960s.

The F1A Lightning was a very early development of the aircraft type and featured only missiles with no gun. The focus at the time was rate of climb performance and high speed.

Shackleton MR2

The new Shackleton embroidery is based on the MR2 version and is in a white colour scheme with dark grey upper bodyside.

The Shackleton MR2 development saw the aircraft fitted with an upgraded radar which was housed in a new radome behind the bomb bay doors.

The design depicts the dorsal gun turret. This turret was removed shortly after entering service but I have modelled it in place.

Personalise Your Designs

As with all our embroidered clothing, you can easily personalise these designs via the on screen product options.

Choose your own words above and/or below the embroidered aircraft to create a truly unique personalised garment.

Let me know what you think of these new embroidered aircraft!

Cheers for now

Gary

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Laser Etched Gifts Now Available

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Laser Etched Gifts Now Available

I am delighted to announce a new collaboration with J.A.M. Arts which opens up a whole new range of unique laser etched gifts.

GDMK Images and J.A.M. Arts Collaboration

I have long wanted to offer laser etched gifts and am really pleased to have the opportunity to work with J.A.M. Arts. We have been working for 4 or 5 months behind the scenes to create and fine tune some exciting exclusive designs for you.

We have been experimenting with some really interesting products and fine tuning the etching process to ensure we offer high quality products and designs.

You may have already seen the quality of our laser etched products via some of our trade customers as we have been supplying laser engraved products to the WLACFPSC50LA50027 Loco group306th Bomb Group, NSERS and others. 

We want to thank these trade partners for their advice, support and feedback during our development process as their insight and feedback was crucial in developing our approach to products and designs.

You will have also seen a small taste of our unique designs at the Barrow Hill 150+2 event where the new laser engraved gifts went down a storm.

Some Laser Etched Designs We Have Supplied to Our Trade Partners

What Laser Etched Designs Can You Expect

You can expect to see a selection of your favourite GDMK Images designs on our laser engraved gift products along with a large range of new and novel designs from our collaboration that Railway, Aviation and Military Vehicle enthusiasts wont have seen anywhere before!

A Taste Of What’s Coming in the GDMK Images/J.A.M. Arts Laser Etched Range

  • Glasses of varying types
  • Coasters
  • Slates
  • Keyrings
  • Hip Flasks
  • Lighters

A Sneak Preview of Some of the Upcoming Laser Etched Designs

Full Personalisation of Your Laser Etched Gifts

Many of the designs will allow you to fully personalise the design with your own wording and choice of locomotive/aircraft.

Each product will allow you to add your own words or phrases.

Thanks for reading and dont hesitate to let us know what you think of these laser etched products.

We would also love to hear about any product types or designs you would like to see!

Stay safe

Gary and Dawn

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T-Shirts Added to Embroidered Clothing Range

F-111 79th TFS Black T-shirt

Embroidered T-Shirts Now Available

Following many requests, we have added embroidered t-shirts to our clothing  range.

After testing a number of brands, we have selected a brand that is extremely comfortable, washes well and keeps its shape.

We have released our most popular aviation designs 1st and will be adding the railway designs in the coming days and weeks.

Embroidered T-Shirt Details

There are currently 16 colours available in sizes S – XXL.

Certain T-Shirt colours are available down to XS and others in larger sizes to 5XL. These are indicated on the product page colour choices.

When ordering t-shirts, take note that they run small in comparison to other garments. Please check size guide before ordering.

T-Shirt Design Roll Out

As mentioned we have released our most popular Aviation designs now. We will be adding railway designs over the coming days and weeks, in the meantime if you want a particular design on a t-shirt, contact me directly and we’ll get you sorted!

Stay tuned for some more new product announcements in the coming days!!

Thanks for reading and stay safe!

Cheers Gary

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B-17 Flying Fortress Added to Classic Military Aircraft Clothing Range

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B-17 Flying Fortress Added to Classic Military Aircraft Clothing Range

After a protracted design evolution, I have added the B-17G Flying Fortress to the Classic Military Aircraft range.

There are 2 versions of the B-17 to choose from

  • Green coloured 94th bomb group
  • Bare metal 100th bomb group

The B-17G was the final version of Flying Fortress which incorporated all the improvements from earlier models and boasted 13 guns for defence against fighters.

B-17s were used by the USAAF as a strategic daytime bomber to complement the night time RAF Bomber Command bombing raids.

94th Bomb Group

The 94th Bomb Group were based at Rougham and the 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts and were part of the 8th Air Force.

100th Bomb Group

The 100th Bomb Group earned the nickname ‘The Bloody Hundredth’ after heavy losses during several missions over Germany.

B-17G Available on Full Range of Embroidered Products

The B-17G is available on the full range of clothing, hats and bags, a selection of which are shown below.

The B-17 design is part of our extremely popular personalised range where you can change the base aircraft design to a squadron with markings of your choice along with personalised wording above and/or below the design.

More New Aircraft and Locos Coming

We continue to expand the aircraft and loco designs available.

Recently we have added the following new aircraft and squadron variations following customer requests –

Aircraft Types Coming Soon  – 

  • Puma
  • Merlin
  • Catalina

New loco classes in the works include –

Upcoming Shows

You can see these designs at the following upcoming shows

  • Old Buckenham Airshow
  • East Kirkby Airshow
  • Alford 1940s Weekend

Stay safe and enjoy the mini heatwave whilst it lasts !!

Cheers Gary

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GDMK Images July 2022 News

Desert Storm Tornado Mil Green T-shirt

Hi everyone, welcome to the GDMK Images July 2022 news update!

There are a number of important things to bring you up to date with.

Discontinuation of Material Printing

Earlier this year, we encountered intermittent problems with our T-Shirt printing equipment. The long and short of the situation is that, despite a lot of support from the supplier and manufacturer, the equipment is not economically viable to repair.

Unfortunately this means the following items are discontinued –

  • Printed T-Shirts
  • Small Bears
  • Leather Bound Hip Flasks
  • Tote Bags
  • Face Masks

Blank Product Delays

Earlier this year you may know we were advised by our blanks suppliers about supply chain delays. After a period of relative stability, our suppliers have advised us of more short notice delays to incoming blank products.

Particularly affected are certain colour combinations of Varsity Jackets and Hoodies. In some cases one particular group of colours wont be arriving into the UK until Jan 2023 if you can believe that!!!

As an example, a customer ordered a particular hoodie colour combination in October last year. We were advised of a delay, so the customer opted to change colour combination to avoid a delay. The batch of hoodies finally arrived at the end of May! The supply chain issues are still very real and affecting every aspect of our lives unfortunately.

Also affected to a lesser extent are mousemats, wallets and, in particular, certain iPhone and Samsung phone cases.

Please bear in mind we have access to many suppliers for all our products and we can usually source a blank from somewhere when our main suppliers are out of stock.

Please note, we will not sacrifice the quality of the products we supply. There are other suppliers that supply blanks which are not of the standard we usually supply – that is fine and there is nothing wrong with that – but having established a solid reputation for quality products, we wont sacrifice that by short cutting quality and using cheaper quality items.

Please accept our apologies in advance for these potential delays and inconvenience.

New Product Line – Laser Etched Gifts

I have long wanted to offer laser etched products. I am delighted to announce a collaboration with JAM Arts who will be producing laser etched renditions of some of our iconic designs on a great range of new and novel gift products.

We trialled a small number of items at both East Kirkby and Cosford airshow. The products were exceptionally well received, witnessed by selling out within an hour of being put out on the stall!!

Needless to say, the success has encouraged us to add them as standard lines to the online shop over the coming weeks and months!

Keep an eye out for an upcoming post that will showcase the products and designs!

New Product Line – Embroidered T-Shirts

Following many requests and successful tests on the stall, we will shortly be adding embroidered t-shirts to our product lines. A nice lightweight alternative to our ever popular polos shirts, you will soon be able to get all your favourite designs on a t-shirt!

The brand we use has been tested for washability and shrink resistance and has received great feedback from customers who who have bought them from the stall.

Customers report the t-shirts was really well, keep their colour and no shrinking after multiple washes!

New Embroidered Designs

We have been really pleased to receive many, many requests for personalised clothing tributes from customers.

Many of these involve new World War 2 aircraft types and Squadron variations.

We add these aircraft and squadrons (albeit with different aircraft markings and codes to protect the uniqueness of the customers personalised designs) as options to the Classic Military Aircraft range.

Added recently, or to be added shortly are the following aircraft types and squadrons

Thats All For Now Folks!

Thanks for reading and dont hesitate to give me a shout if you have any questions about the topics discussed above.

We really appreciate your support so far in 2022.

Dont forget our Facebook page, drop by and join in the discussion!

Stay safe

Gary and Dawn

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Falklands War 40th Anniversary Commemorative Clothing Launched

Falklands 40 Sea Harrier FRS1 black and white Varsity Jacket snippet

Falklands War 40th Anniversary Commemorative Clothing Launched

Its hard to believe that 40 years ago the Falklands War started following the invasion of two small islands by Argentinian Forces.

I was 14 years old at the time and my first thought was how did the Argentinians get to a Scottish Island with no-one seeing them coming?

In reality, I think a large part of the British public had a geography lesson after reaching for their world atlas to see exactly where the Falkland Islands were!

Which Aircraft Are Part of the Falklands War 40th Anniversary Range?

The Falklands War brought out the best in British Military resolve, ingenuity, bravery and courage. 

To commemorate the bravery of the aircrews involved in the conflict, I have created a 40th Anniversary Commemorative design featuring 4 aircraft types that were involved –

  • Sea Harrier FRS1
  • Harrier GR3
  • Vulcan B2
  • Victor K2

The full design features an outline of the Falkland Islands with the number 40 in red (red being symbolic of 40th anniversaries). Below the islands is a side profile of your chosen aircraft.

Which Garments Are Part of the Falklands War 40th Anniversary Range?

The 40th Anniversary Commemorative design is available on all of our standard garment items plus a new style backpack –

How do I Personalise This Design?

All 4 of the new Falkland’s War aircraft have been added to the veterans personalised range. Via these products you can create a truly personalised garment to commemorate your veterans service.

Examples of Personalised Commemorative Designs

What Other Commemorative Designs are Available?

Th Falklands War 40th Anniversary design is the latest in our commemorative clothing range. Other designs are available to commemorate –

Thanks for looking and dont hesitate to give me a shout if you have any questions

Stay Safe

Gary

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