11-20-07 THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!!!
Model Power would like to thank everyone that took part in our Postage Stamp Plane ONLINE POLL! With over 60,000 votes via our website and trade shows (EAA Airventure 2007 and I Hobby Expo) we have FOUR winners.
1st Place (18%): Grumman Avenger
2nd Place (17%): Messerchmitt 110 Fighter Bomber
TIE
3rd and 4th Place (12%): Hellcat F6F and F-105 Thunderchief
Model Power has also selected other aircraft to announce with the winners.
Cessna 172
PBM-5 Martin Mariner
AT6 Texan
F-35 JSF
WE WILL DO THIS AGAIN!...If your plane was not selected this year, you oppurtunity will come in 2008. We plan on improving our on-line voting software, so that better feedback can be given to you; the customer. Thanks for all your support!
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| Michael Tager, Chairman of Model Power
On October 27, 2007, a quiet pioneer of the hobby industry passed away. Michael Tager, chairman of Model Power, died at the age of eighty-five. While many in the industry knew of him; fewer still knew him well. He preferred to remain in the background of the company he founded more than thirty years ago. His two sons, Matthew, President of Model Power, and Josh, Vice President were the face of the company to the industry. Most recently they were joined in the business by Matthew’s sons, Jonathan, as Vice President of Sales, and Adam, as Vice President of Production
Mike Tager wasn’t always the quiet one. He began his career in the late fifties and the sixties as a dynamic young sales representative for Aurora, Matchbox and Arrow Handicraft. When he took on sales responsibility for two start up electric train companies, Atlas Tool and Athearn, he grew their sales by a factor of tenfold. Mike, Steve Shaffen and Irv Athearn were the three amigos, traveling the globe for fun and profit. The only drawback was that Shaffen and Tager were subject to the constant smell from Athearn’s ever-present cigars. Worse yet, each were subject to the wry humor of the other two.
Among other things, Tager was an innovator. He pioneered the first ready to run HO electric train set combining Athearn locos, Atlas track and KF power packs. He was instrumental in eliminating the rubber band drive on Athearn’s locos. He brought the first built up building models into the United States.
When he started Model Power in the seventies, Tager was able to put his extensive travel experience to work. He leveraged his contacts with Trix, Roco, Mehano, Sanda Kan, SKI Industrial, Faller, Tri-Ang, Thomas Salter and Hasegawa to provide Model Power with notable, quality products. While most well known for trains and accessories in HO, N and some G gauge, Mike, along with his son Matt, diversified into the die-cast model airplane field, creating the popular Postage Stamp series, that now features 150 different scale planes.
Enthusiasts in the hobby industry are known for their passion. For Mike Tager, his passion stemmed from a love of immediate family that extended to touch each and every person in Model Power. Kind, patient, understanding, a great sounding board for an idea or a problem, he will be missed in a quiet and personal way by those who knew him. For those who knew of him, perhaps his story may serve as inspiration. He is survived by his wife, Judith, three sons and eight grandchildren. |
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SHOW LIST 2008
Model Power will be at the following shows for 2008.
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| VISIT US AT BOOTH 1137 |
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| VISIT US A BOOTH NO. HALL 4 A-B-228 |
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NEWS-9/5/07
Model Power products are consumer safe! We have had our materials and products tested by the STTC and are pleased, but not surprised to report that they found no traces of toxic heavy metals in our paints. To see the full report- please click this link- STTC Report
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