Product Overview
Produced to the highest standards, Herpa diecast metal models are developed in collaboration with aircraft manufacturers and the airlines and are recognized by discerning model airplane collectors worldwide for their unparalleled, accurate realism, attention to detail and exceptional quality. True-to-scale, this 1/500 scale Iron Maiden Boeing 747-400 - nicknamed Ed Force One after the band's mascot, Eddie - manufactured by Herpa, measures approximately 5-9/16-inches long with a 5-1/4-inch wingspan. A Display Stand is not included and is sold separately - Herpa HE521024. For their Book of Souls World Tour that started in 2016 and took the British Hard Rock, Heavy Metal Band, Iron Maiden to six continents, the band upgraded to the Queen of the Skies - a Boeing 747-400 - from the Boeing 757s that they used on their 2008 and 2011 world tours. Piloted once again by none other than band frontman and lead singer, Bruce Dickinson in the cockpit, who had been a commercial pilot with the charter airline Astraeus, he had to train to receive the necessary type rating in order to fly the 180-ton jumbo jet. The plane's graphics were inspired by the names of title tracks listed in the booklet from the Book of Souls album, which were translated into the Yucatec-Maya language and depicted on the fuselage and tail of the aircraft as hieroglyphics. Herpa also offers the two Iron Maiden Boeing 757's that the band used on its 2008 and 2011 world tours - Herpa HE535250 and Herpa HE535267. With nearly 700 Boeing 747-400 aircraft having been produced over the course of its 20 year run from 1989 until 2009, replaced by newer, more efficient twin engine aircraft - the Boeing 777, Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350 - the Boeing 747-400 is a quad engine, wide-body airliner suited for long range flying, and was the bestselling version of the Boeing 747.
