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Personalised Railway Window Label Metal Signs and Fridge Magnets

Plymouth - York Window Label with Class 45

Introducing Another Great Design For Your Railway Collection: Personalised Railway Window Label Metal Signs and Fridge Magnets!

Are you a railway enthusiast who misses the great bashing days of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s?

Do you remember those carriage door window labels showing the calling points and destination for normal passengers?

If so, we have an exciting announcement for you!

We are thrilled to introduce our latest product design, the Personalised Railway Window Label Metal Signs and Fridge Magnets!

These new signs and fridge magnets are the perfect complement to your railway memorabilia collection!

Drawing from an extensive archive of original window labels, we have painstakingly recreated them on sturdy metal signs and delightful fridge magnets.

The metal signs are slightly smaller than the original paper labels but faithfully retain the same size ratio as the originals, evoking a sense of nostalgia and authenticity.

Find Your Favourite Routes and Locomotives

With our personalised window labels, you have the opportunity to create a truly unique and personalised gift for your railway collection. Here’s how it works:

  1. Choose Your Route: Designs are ordered based on the old BR Table Number system – i.e. Waterloo – Exeter services are under Table 145.
  2. Each product has options for the various services that worked within the timetable section.
Fort William - Edinburgh Window Label No Loco Sign
Fort William – Edinburgh Window Label
Bristol TM - Newcastle Window Label No Loco Sign
Bristol TM – Newcastle Window Label
Custom Destination Window Label
Custom Destination Window Label

What Size Are The Railway Destination Window Signs?

There are two sizes

  • The Standard Signs are approx 400mm x 100mm
  • The Enhanced Signs including loco are approx 405mm x 140mm
  • Fridge magnets are approx 150mm x 38mm

Personalisation Options

But that’s not all!

As you may know, we offer fully customisable designs for all our gifts, and these Personalised Railway Window Label Metal Signs and Fridge Magnets are no exception.

You can opt for –

  • a Standard Replica Window Label, faithfully capturing the original design.
  • Alternatively, choose a design that showcases the window label alongside a side profile drawing of the locomotive type typically allocated to the specific service.

You have complete freedom to personalise your chosen design with your all-time favourite locomotive that you had on the service.

York - Liverpool Window Label with Class 55
York – Liverpool Window Label with Class 55
Crewe - Cardiff Window Label with Class 33
Crewe – Cardiff Window Label with Class 33
Custom Destination Window Label with loco
Custom Destination Window Label with loco

Why Would You Want A Personalised Railway Window Label Sign?

  • Tailored Just for You: customise your sign with your favourite route and locomotive, celebrating your unforgettable moves from back in the day.
  • High-Quality Material: Printed on high quality 0.5mm aluminium metal sheet.
  • Perfect for Display: Perfect for hanging in your home, office, railway room or man cave, our signs make for eye-catching displays that will impress your fellow railway enthusiasts.
  • Thoughtful Gift: Surprise your loved ones who share your passion for railways with a personalised metal sign that they will cherish.

Thanks for reading, don’t hesitate to let me know your thoughts on these new signs!

Cheers

Gary and Dawn

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New Laser Etched Drinkware Added to Shop

New Laser Etched Drinkware Added to Shop

This week we have launched our 1st design across our full range of laser etched drinkware.

The drinkware gifts added are –

This laser etched design is perfect for railway enthusiasts who want to recreate their favourite loco and includes –

  • The design features a lineart loco front
  • loco number
  • name if carried

We have most loco classes finished so you can enjoy your favourite drink from a receptacle featuring your favourite loco!

The loco fronts represent your chosen loco accurately in respect of having a split box, headcode panel or marker lights as per the real loco.

If your loco choice had multiple front looks during its service life, specify your desired fittings in the order notes.

If you choose a headcode fitted front then put your chosen headcode in the notes field and we’ll etch it into the headcode boxes!

Flasks

The 500ml flasks are double wall insulated and will keep your drink hot or cold for up to 6 hours and are extremely tough.

Water Bottles

Stay hydrated with the 500ml aluminium water bottle. Each drinks bottle features an integral drinking straw and retractable drinking spout.

Shot Glasses

60cl shot glasses. Enjoy that medicinal shot of your favourite spirit with a shot glass featuring your favourite loco!

Pint and 1/2 Pint Beer Glasses

The ever popular beer glass!

Drinkware Gifts Overhaul

Following on from these new additions, the entire drinkware range will undergo a revamp with new options.

More Laser Etched Designs Coming

Now our laser etching process has been fully fine tuned and the designs tidied up, we will be releasing more unique designs very shortly which will include the first new laser etched aviation designs.

Thanks for looking at these new designs and dont hesitate to get in touch with your thoughts!

Cheers Gary

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British Rail Pioneer Diesel Class Data Panels Added

1955 British Rail Modernisation Plan

In 1955 British Rail embarked on a huge modernisation plan that involved wholesale replacement of steam locomotives with new design diesel locomotives.

The plan saw the emergence of a wide range of locomotive types. Some types inevitably turned out to be extremely poor runners that had a very short service life plagued by very poor reliability.

New Pioneer Loco Classes Added

Up until now, I have focussed on recreating replica loco bodyside data panel designs for the most common and popular classes.

I have now turned attention to the early pioneer classes as these are often overlooked by many rail enthusiasts despite playing a huge role in the early days of BR modernisation.

All replica loco bodyside data panel designs are created with reference to images of the original loco.

New Locomotive Classes Added –

Class 14 D9516 BR Green
Class 14 D9516 BR Green
Class 15 D8234 BR Blue
Class 23 D5901 BR Green metal sign
Class 28 BR Green DP D5713
Class 28 BR Green D5713
Class 17 BR GReen 8508
Class 17 BR GReen 8508

Data Panels in The BR Green to BR Blue Transition Period

In 1965, British Rail adopted ‘Rail Blue’ as its corporate colour scheme. With this change came a new style of depot sticker and locomotive data panel.

The transition from British Rail Green to British Rail blue livery lasted through to the early 1970s and during this period, locomotives underwent a transitory phase of carrying elements of both colour schemes.

This led to a really interesting mix of looks to the locomotive fleet. 

I have created a number of special edition data panels featuring these transitory looks.

Every data panel I create is taken from photographic evidence of each particular loco to ensure an accurate as possible design is created.

Whilst researching these transitory looks, I was really surprised at how fluid the application of loco numbering, logos, data panels and depot codes was. 

Class 31 5648 BR Green Data anelmetal sign
Class 31 5648 BR Green
Class 20 8310 BR blue
Class 20 8310 BR blue
47366 BR Green
47366 BR Green

Departmental Locos

I decided a while ago to recreate some of the departmental locos and have now added the 1st two – Class 15 locos ADB 968000 and ADB 968001

I will be adding more departmental locos in the near future.

Order Your Replica Loco Data Panels Now

All the data panels are made up in reference to photo evidence of the particular loco when it carried the livery you choose.

To get the exact look for the period you are interested in, especially BR Green and BR Blue liveries, please specify a date in the order notes field. I will then get the data panel to look as close to the loco at that specified time.

Remember these loco data panels are available on our full range of gifts and not just metal signs!

Thanks for reading and dont hesitate to let me know your thoughts on these new loco data panels!

Stay safe 

Cheers Gary

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Product Update – Mobile Phones and Sweatshirts

Product Update – Mobile Phones and Sweatshirts

We have made some changes to our sweatshirts and mobile phone cases. Below is full details how the changes might affect you and potential orders.

Mobile Phone Cases

We have been experiencing extreme difficulty in obtaining blank mobile phone cases. As a result we have taken the difficult decision to suspend mobile phones as a product until such time that supplies improve. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but we feel this is the best decision until supplies sort themselves out.

Sweatshirts

In recent weeks we have noticed a drop in the quality of our standard sweatshirts. Many blanks were coming in with manufacturing defects and marks.

As a result we have changed brands.

The new sweatshirts are slightly heavier in weight at 280gsm compared to 270gsm.

The material mix and feel is also different – 80% cotton/20% polyester as compared to the originals 50/50 mix.

The brand is the same as our extremely popular hoodies.

As a result of this change, there are changes to the colour options available. In our opinion, there are some nicer shades now available.

All colours are available in sizes XS – XXL with some colours available up to 5XL.

  • SR71 Charcoal Grey Sweatshirt

    SR-71 Blackbird Sweatshirt

  • U2 Royal Blue Sweatshirt

    U-2 Dragon Lady Sweatshirt

  • 16 Sqn Tornad0 CMA Desert Navy Blue Sweatshirt Snippet

    Tornado Sweatshirt

  • WGAF Phantom royal blue Sweatshirt

    F4 Phantom Sweatshirt

Keep Up To Date

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Thanks for reading and please give me a shout with any questions you might have in regard to these changes.

Stay safe

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.

Lightning 56 Sqn v9 60 Royal Blue Sweatshirt
Lightning 56 Sqn v9 60 Royal Blue Sweatshirt
Lightning 56 Sqn v9 60 Aircraft Black Winter Set
Lightning 56 Sqn v9 60 Aircraft Black Winter Set

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.

Shackleton MR2 Aircraft Navy Winter Set
Shackleton MR2 Aircraft Navy Winter Set
Shackleton MR2 Black Canvas Rucksack
Shackleton MR2 Black Canvas Rucksack

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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New 50021 and 50026 Laser Engraved Gifts

50021 Slate Coaster

New 50021 and 50026 Laser Engraved Gifts

You may have recently seen our recent announcement regarding laser etched products.

We can now reveal the first of our dedicated 50021 and 50026 laser engraved gifts.

These designs are exclusive and all profits go to support both Class 50 locos 50021 and 50026

Other Exclusive 50021 and 50026 Gifts

If you haven’t seen our fund raising products for 50021 and 50026 before, check out the full range and how you can help these two fine Class 50 locos on our fund raising page at https://gdmkimages.co.uk/support-50021-50026/

Supporting 50021 and 50026

Thanks for checking out these Class 50 items. Please dont hesitate to contact me if you have any suggestions for fund raising ideas

Cheers

Gary

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Laser Etched Gifts Now Available

D1011 35 x 25 Slate

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 WLA, CFPS, C50LA, 50027 Loco group, 306th 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

WLA D1013 60th Glass Coaster
WLA D1013 60th Glass Coaster
D1013 Pint Glass
D1013 Pint Glass
50027 laser etched Stainless steel bottle opener
50027 laser etched Stainless steel bottle opener
306BG 80th Anniversary Glass Coaster
306BG 80th Anniversary Glass Coaster

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

A Sneak Preview of Some of the Upcoming Laser Etched Designs

37425 front number and nameplate pint beer glass
37425 front number and nameplate pint beer glass
55010 Pint glass
55010 Number and Data Panel Pint glass

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

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.

94th BG B17 green yellow hoodie
94th BG B17 green yellow hoodie
100th BG black white Varsity Jacket
100th BG black white Varsity Jacket

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