My Iron Maiden has evolved... Re-brand time !!!

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So.... everyone knows my Iron Maiden, and as much as the name originally came about from the weight of the Patrol (Iron = 3 tons of metal) and that cars are generally referred to as "she" (Maiden = feminine), and so my Patrol became my own personal Iron Maiden (besides the fact that I am a HUGE Iron Maiden fan and went to the airport to actually see this beautiful plane land).
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But the time has come for a correction to be made. You see, the band when travelling around on tour have often made use of a plane. Firstly it was a Boeing 757 and then upgraded to a Boeing 747 for the tour that they did around the world and here in Jhb and Cape Town a few years back (that I naturally went to see).
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Now both these planes have a very special name. A is a bit of a play of words as the USA Presidents plane has a call sign "Air Force One" and the Iron Maiden mascot as on my wheel cover is called "Eddie" or "Ed". So the plane that the band fly in is called "Ed Force One"
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So how can I not change the "call sign" of my Iron Maiden to .....

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Now how do we do this...... simple... take the grill off, sand it down and respray. Then just take the Nissan badge off and put this on...
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I still have to glue it properly onto the grill, but couldn't wait to see what it looks like on the grill of my Ed Force One
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Cool.

My grill badge is likely to change soon too...
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Nice idea Cedric. Didnt even consider it but now you got me thinking lol.

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I look forward to seeing it mate !!!
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Nice idea, now to post a pic of the full grill with the name badge in the centre. :biggrin:
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will do later today.... when I'm on lunch break....haha
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I assume it's a play on Air Force One, but who is/was Ed?
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Eddie, Iron Maiden's mascot, is like an icon for heavy metal fans and first appeared with the band when their stage manager made a head that was placed above the drummer at concerts in the late 70's before they hit their first record deal. Then I think it was the manager that decided that they need something that would make them stand out over everyone else. The Eddie mascot has been on every album they have ever produced and appeared on stage during their concerts. Each time Eddie varies slightly to fit in with the theme of the album. The main guy who designed "Eddie" was a guy called Derek Riggs. I remember as a youngster when buying there albums or posters, hunting for all the "DR" emblems and all the little things he put into the drawings for fans to find.

Yeah the Air(Ed) Force One is just the vehicle name, taking the mickey out of the Americans I guess...haha
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These are some of the secrets we used to hunt and search for. This was just on one album cover. They really went to town when Derek Riggs designed the covers
https://maiden-world.com/articles/somew ... sages.html
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Post by iandvl »

Looks good Cedric :)
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