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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.
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.
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.
You can keep up to date with all our news via our social channels and via our exclusive newsletter – sign up and make sure you dont miss out on our exclusive subscriber offers!
Thanks for reading and please give me a shout with any questions you might have in regard to these changes.
Stay safe
Gary
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
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/
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
The 94th Bomb Group were based at Rougham and the 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts and were part of the 8th Air Force.
The 100th Bomb Group earned the nickname ‘The Bloody Hundredth’ after heavy losses during several missions over Germany.
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.
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 –
New loco classes in the works include –
You can see these designs at the following upcoming shows
Stay safe and enjoy the mini heatwave whilst it lasts !!
Cheers Gary
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.
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 –
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.
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!
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!
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
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
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 –
Below are a selection of the garments!
We launched another design in our Commemorative Clothing Range a few weeks ago – the Falklands War 40th Anniversary designs which featured 4 Iconic aircraft types involved in the conflict –
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
Generations apart, despite their close class numbers, I have added the Class 70 and Class 71 replica loco bodyside data panels to the range.
The class 70 replica bodyside designs are available in the following liveries and colour schemes –
The class 71 data panels are available in the following liveries and colour schemes –
You can get these new data panels on all your favourite products such as –
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!
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.
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.
Stay safe
Gary
I have undertaken a big update of the popular BR Tops Loco Data Panel 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.
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.
The BR green livery option now reflects the correct application of the livery on each class as shown in the products below.
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.
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.
I have been adding more loco classes featuring the ‘less mainstream’ and unsuccessful British Rail early modernisation scheme.
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!
If a loco was fitted with a nameplate you can select to have your design incorporate the locos nameplate!
If you are a fan of steam locos or multiple units, then we have plenty to offer you as well.
These designs are available on our full range of gift products including –
Thanks for reading and dont hesitate to give me a shout with any questions.
Stay safe!
Gary
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!
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.
[ux_stack] [ux_image_box img=”77726″]Just before Christmas we added 2 new USAF aircraft designs to the Classic Military Aircraft range – the iconic SR-71 Blackbird and U-2 Dragon Lady.
[ux_stack] [ux_image_box img=”77451″ link=”https://gdmkimages.co.uk/product-category/clothing/aviation-clothing/classic-military-aircraft/sr71-embroidered-clothing/”]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
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During the Christmas break, we finalised and added 3 new railway designs to the railway clothing range – the Class 25, Class 31 and Class 33 locomotives.
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They are slowly being added to the site – check out the next blog post for full details!
That’s all for now, so stay safe and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
Cheers
Gary
Unbelievably, thats almost another year done!
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.
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.
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!
During the break I will also be adding more new embroidered designs.
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).
[ux_stack] [ux_image_box img=”76729″ image_width=”96″]I have also produced a large number of personalised railway designs including those below.
[ux_stack] [ux_image_box img=”77066″ image_width=”96″]I haven’t been neglecting the railway side of things and have a number of new loco classes that will be appearing during the break.
The new embroidered railway designs will include –
Class 31 will be added in 4 colour schemes
[/ux_image_box] [ux_image_box img=”77227″ image_width=”83″]Class 33/0 and 33/1 designs in BR Blue and BR Green are ready for adding to the online shop
[/ux_image_box] [/ux_stack]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