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!!
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 hoodie100th 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 –
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
3 Embroidered Military Vehicles Added to Clothing Range
We are delighted to announce our popular Sherman Tank, Willys Jeep and Challenger Tank embroidered clothing have been added to the online clothing collection.
All 3 military vehicles were available to buy at shows last year and you can now buy them online as part of our Military Vehicle Clothing range.
As mentioned above, the 3 military vehicles added are –
See These 3 Military Vehicle Designs at East Kirkby
Our next show is the Lanc, Tank and Military Machine show at East Kirkby on the 2nd & 3rd June. We will have plenty of these garments for sale so you can see them in the flesh there!
Thanks for reading and hopefully we might see you at East Kirkby in a couple of weeks!
Stay safe
Gary
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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.
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.
Class 43 43093 Open Day Vinyl Embroidered Design Added
After many requests, I have finally finished the embroidered Class 43 HST artwork featuring 43093 and the Old Oak Common Open Day side vinyl.
The Old Oak Common Open Day version of 43093 is available now on all our usual garments along with a new backpack rucksack!
GWR 43093 Navy Blue Polo Snippet43093 Open Day Vinyl royal blue and white hoodie43093 Open Day Vinyl burgundy Sweatshirt43093 GWR open Day Vinyl Blue Backpack43093 GWR open Day Vinyl Black Backpack
Other Class 43 43093 Open Day Vinyl Gift Ideas
The new Old Oak Common Open Day vinyl version of 43093 is a perfect complement to our existing special edition 43093 designs as seen below.
My newsletter subscribers have been buying these new designs with an exclusive discount before they went live on the website.
Get exclusive discounts and pre-release access by subscribing to the Newsletter!
Weathered and Flame Cut Effects
A weathered or flame cut effect is available for your data panels.
Around 60% of recent orders have featured one of these effects and they look great, so why not get your next data panel with one of these finishes?
Original loco flame cuts are usually prohibitively expensive, so these replica designs offer railway enthusiasts something similar for a fraction of the cost.
50004 LL Weathered43070 Intercity swallow with name weathered50001 NSE Flamecut Mouse MatClass 40 40119 Flamecut Data Panel Mouse mat
Each effect is created manually and is unique to that specific product. No two purchases will look the same!
Thanks for reading and feel free to comment on these new designs.
Following requests and feedback from customers, I have reviewed the loco data panel designs. This review has seen the revision and updating of some designs, some new classes added and more liveries added.
The actual designs are tweaked to reflect actual photographic evidence of each loco and reflect individual details.
Data Panel Livery Revisions and Updates
The 1st batch of livery revisions focus on the BR Green colour schemes.
There are several versions of BR Green and they are applied differently to locos depending on their class.
BR Green
The BR green livery option now reflects the correct application of the livery on each class as shown in the products below.
Class 24 Two Tone BR Green Data Panel Metal SignClass 24 Later BR Green Data Panel Metal SignClass 26 D5300 metal signClass 33 33008 BR Green Mouse Mat
BR Blue
The standard BR Blue diesel loco design is now joined by the AC Electric blue loco design and the Electric BR Blue with chrome numbers.
AC Electric Blue Data PanelClass 85 E Range BR Blue Metal Sign
Depot Tweaks Added to Loco Data Panel Designs
Each depot had their own little unofficial tweaks which they applied to their locos in addition to the many varied official logos, plaques and motifs. I research these tweaks for each individual loco and apply them as appropriate for each order as shown below.
81007 Metal Sign46043 br blue40086 BR Blue weathered data panelClass 37 37013 BR Blue with name
More Loco Classes Added
I have been adding more loco classes featuring the ‘less mainstream’ and unsuccessful British Rail early modernisation scheme.
01001 BR Black Mouse MatClass 14 D9516 BR Green
Weathered and Flame Cut Effects Refined
Another refinement is the weathering and flame cut effects applied to the data panels. Each effect is uniquely created and applied to each data panel order. No two effects will be the same, even if you order 2 of the same weathered loco!
45106 unofficial name weatheredClass 50 50012 with name LL weathered data panel metal sign
Nameplates as an Optional Extra
If a loco was fitted with a nameplate you can select to have your design incorporate the locos nameplate!
43238 LNER with name43158 GW Green with name47706 Scotrail with nameClass 47 47363 RS RF Grey with name
Class 170 Data Panel cross country metal signClass 156 Data Panel Central Trains Mouse metal sign7825 Lechlade Manor GWR Green Steam Loco Number Panel MousematBR Lined Green Steam Loco Personalised Mousemat
More Than Metal Signs
These designs are available on our full range of gift products including –
Hi everyone I hope you have recovered from any Christmas and new year excesses.
Here is a quick update on where we are in respect of new designs, supply issues and potential shows.
First off let’s deal with supply issues and get that topic out of the way.
Mug supply has settled down and once again we are able to get regular deliveries of standard size mugs.
Unfortunately, supply of the larger mighty Mug has been extremely frustrating to the point that I have temporarily withdrawn them from sale. Once I can get regular quality supplies of the large mugs, I will reactivate the option in the web shop.
Wallets and mousemats seem to be becoming more readily available as well.as coasters, although coasters are still proving to be somewhat erratic in availability.
Now onto something a bit more positive – new products and designs!
New Polo Shirts Colours
Following many requests we have added Military Green and Kelly Green polo shirts to the range. The Military Green coloured polo is perfect for our Military Vehicle range and many of our aircraft embroidered designs.
On the run up to Christmas we received many persoanlised design requests for F4 Phantoms. I have now added these Phantom variations to the Classic Military Aircraft range which include
I would like to wish each and everyone of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Your support through another difficult year is hugely appreciated.
The last of your orders have been posted and its time to look forward to a welcome break.
Here’s hoping you also have some time off to enjoy the seasonal merriments with your loved ones.
Christmas and New Year Plans
We have a quiet Christmas planned.
The online shop will remain open and we will continue to post any orders placed before the 24th, although there is virtually no chance of them arriving before Christmas due to the huge pressure the Royal Mail are under.
Orders placed from the 24th December onwards will be processed when production resumes on Monday 10th January 2022 when we will launch our New Years sale!
Over the holiday period I will be doing some website maintenance and upgrades that I have been putting off for a while.
Christmas Competitions
I will be running a couple of competitions in the period between Christmas and New Year – one will be open to everyone and one will be for active subscribers only.
If you still haven’t subscribed to the newsletter then subscribe now and dont miss out on all the goodies subscribers get!
I will also be doing another reviewers prize draw, so if you have made a purchase and not left a review then get to it – the last reviewers draw saw the winner get a sweatshirt with their chosen design embroidered on it!
The demand for new aircraft types and alternate squadron markings, particularly personalised tribute designs, has been huge and I feel extremely privileged to be able to help so many families commemorate their loved ones service.
These new aircraft types and squadron markings are available as options of the standard Classic Military Aircraft designs (albeit with different aircraft code identities to maintain the exclusivity of the design for the personalised order customers).
Class 33/0 and 33/1 designs in BR Blue and BR Green are ready for adding to the online shop
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Happy Christmas
All that remains is for me to wish you all a fabulous Christmas and New Year. I will post some of our 2021 highlights on social media over the break. Please feel free to share any of your pics of us at shows or of bits and pieces you have purchased in the last year!
Stay safe everyone and have a great Christmas!!
Gary & Dawn
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