While looking through some of Les McDonald's slide collections from the early and mid 70's this morning...
I still can't think of any CLPA flyer alive then..and even today... that could equal Gene's amazingly talented skills...in just about every phase of the sport. H^^ D>K
LET'S TALK ABOUT GENE SHAFFER TODAY!!!
Just yesterday I was wandering through my local HOME DEPOT..LOOKING FOR SOME NEW TILE FOR MY GARAGE STORAGE ROOM when I saw a display of some very familiar looking .79 cheap brown floor tile. MEMORIES CAME FLOODING SUDDENLY BACK TO 1968.
Here is Gene's 1968 Kansas stunter....that I CLEARLY remember Gene getting some pretty sizable RAZZIN N JAZZIN GAMESMANSHIP from a few of his fellow competitiors (name with held to protect the guilty)that his radical new faux paint job...DUPLICATED TO AN AN EXACT "T" that SAME COLOR SCHEME as that Navy barracks dorm room's TILE FLOOR that we had been bunkin' up in for the past few days...compliments of the US NAVY.
My old Sting Ray was sittin just one model back from his in the staging area....and after the LAUGHING STOPPED..."Gene stood up...gave that slow sly grin and looked closely at our stunt models. I quit grinning when he began to lift his foot into the "STOMPING MODE" when a couple of my fellow long time peers'...looked over and Gene with a wide azzzzgrin...and pointed toward me and my stunt model.
That is when I snapped this picture for the memories....
Humm? Although I did hear from a few modelers later...(including Bob Hunt) didn't share our joke all that much...and that they actually liked that CHEAP FLOOR TILE FAUX paint job on Gene's mean machine?
HEY GRUNTS...HOW WOULD YOU RATE THIS MODEL FOR PAINT APPEARENCE POINTS?