Some of you guys may know iI always supported AK Interactive and the guys there. Well, Mig has been done drty and he along with others have left. I am sure they are going to collaborate and come up with something even better on their own. The USA website is closed. I will no longer support AK interactive myself, and wanted to pass this on to some of you as well.

Mig is a great talent and tremendous for the hobby of armor modeling, but as he explained to me over 10 years ago when I was a vendor for his original pigment line, he's not a businessman. Unfortunately, he winds up greating worked over by smeone who thinks they can continue without his name or input. This hobby is very small at the end of the day and most involved are pretty loyal, he'll do well when he lands again.

Not again! I just started building up a whole line of the stuff and now he does it again?




Jeff

so is this inuendo or fact or rumour? spill the beans, This business is a lot tougher than what a lot of folks think. Maybe the web is down because of the upgrade of product they were bring in or quite possibly maybe a partnership or something has hit a rough spot.
Not fair to speak of the one side of the story without the other. there are very few one sided coins in circulation.

Sorry to say its fact, saw the message put out on their facebook page yesterday explaining a parting of the ways...

i contacted Ak directly and got a copy of what the scoop is, question is now how long it takes them to come out with new product. Really too bad as the AK stuff is bang on and a really great product.
I won't be supporting Vallejo either.

No it is fact. It is perfectly fair to state fact pal. Fact, Mig got screwed and some of the guys left with him. I stay in touch with some of them, and these are the guys who were the backbone of AK, not Fernando. In any case, it isn't a "rough spot". Mig and some of the others are not there any longer and it would seem that they are not being given due credit for being the creators of the AK Logo, which was all Mig's design. He is a fan of the AK47, which is where it came from. Anything other facts you want, just ask.

technically speaking pal anybody that goes into business with another on a handshake is well naive at best. If this is his ( Mig's I mean ) second kick at the cat so to speak you would think he would have learned and had a contract drawn up by a lawyer to protect himself from this type of shenanigans.
I won't blindly be drawn down the garden path just because someone says "this is what happened" At the end of the day I am pretty sure this was just a ruthless business decision by a large corporation. As much as we hate it they (corporate I meen) seem to have the power all to often.

By the way all the packages and bottles of AK Interactive have "powered by Mig Jimienez" on them or at least all the stock I have does. Seems to me he is getting credit for the paints.

Right, so a "corporate decision" roughly translated is he got screwed. Yes, he should have had a contract. Maybe some people still believe in a man's word. I don't. myself, but some may. In any case. the fact remains that Mig is no longe with AK. I simply wanted to pass on that fact to some who may be interested. And umm, just for the record, Mig "said this is what happened"...think that is good enough for me.

[h=2]NEW STAGE AT AK-INTERACTIVE S.L.[/h]Fernando Vallejo Calleja, President and owner at AK-INTERACTIVE S.L., has the duty to inform to all his suppliers, dealers, clients and public the following statement:

• From the 9th October 2013 AK-INTERACTIVE S.L. has ended the collaboration that had with the modeler Miguel Jim?nez, better known as MIG Jim?nez.

This way AK-INTERACTIVE, at the date of 10th of October, has also ended his collaboration with Carlos Cuesta.

• The reasons to dispense with the services of Mr. Jimnez and Mr. Cuesta are strictly professionals, due to certain behaviours committed they have caused an irretrievable loss of the essential trust needed to keep on with the collaboration maintained until now which has been so profitable for both sides and for all the modeling world.
• So as said, from now on neither Miguel MIG Jim?nez, nor Carlos Cuesta have any relations with AK-INTERACTIVE S.L., and also they do not have the authorization from AK-INTERACTIVE S.L. to use any of the trademarks own by the company and also for the use of AK acronym in any way, with the only exception relative to ?The weathering magazine? and its webpage associated.

This way make also clear that Elisabeth Wiesse, girlfriend of Mr. Jim?nez, has never had or has any kind of relation with AK-INTERACTIVE S.L., and that her appearances in the models shows of Mr. Jim?nez, a her interventions in the Facebook pages and other media have been made a purely personal fact, due to the romantic relationship between them, and with the direct suggestion of Mr. Jim?nez, and not from AK-INTERACTIVE S.L..
AK ?INTERACTIVE S.L. informs that with the agreements already signed with Mr. Jim?nez, any of the rights concerning the magazine property of AK-INTERACTIVE S.L. ?The wheathering magazine? and its associated webpage will be transferred to Mr. Jim?nez.
So as said, and from this date on, any matter relative to "the Weathering Magazine" should be treated directly with Miguel MIG Jim?nez.

• So, ANY ARRANGEMENT FROM THIS DATE ON WITH AK-INTERACTIVE S.L. MUST BE MADE DIRECTLY WITH FERNANDO VALLEJO CALLEJA, through the companys webpage or its Facebook page.

Reiterate that from this date on, NO MATTER RELATIVE TO AK-INTERACTIVE S.L. MUST BE MADE thorugh MIGUEL MIG JIMENEZ, nor CARLOS CUESTA, nor ELISABETH WIESSE, now that that they dont have any relation with the company.

• AK-INTERACTIVE S.L., and its President, founder and owner Mr. FERNANDO VALLEJO CALLEJA, they will go on with its activity as always, although without Mr. Jimenezs collaboration, investigating, innovating and developing products and publications for all modeling branches, joining forces with the best modelers in the world, and of course keeping contact with all modeling lovers through our webpage, e-mails, facebook and our forums; all this to achieve that our customers, the modelers, can get to make real all their dreamed projects and get better everyday in their passion for scale models, which is what AK-INTERACTIVE S.L. and all of his team stand for.

Many thanks to all.
AK-INTERACTIVE S.L.
Mr. FERNANDO VALLEJO CALLEJA
President, founder and owner.

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RESPONSE TO THE CORPORATE MESSAGE FROM AK INTERACTIVE S.L.


Mr. Mig Jimenez, Mr. Carlos Cuesta, Miss Elizabeth Wiese, Mr. Iain Hamilton and Mr. Rick Lawer want to inform all of their friends and associates who have been with us all these three years of “AK Interactive” the following:


- Mr. Mig Jimenez was the creator of “AK Interactive” along with Mr. Fernando Vallejo 3 years ago. From the very first moment Mr. Mig Jimenez and Mr. Fernando Vallejo agreed that the company “AK Interactive” belonged to both of them. Mr. Mig Jimenez just put his trust in his friend, Mr. Fernando Vallejo, since Mr. Mig Jimenez never came to be included in the legal documents and records of the company.


-Mr. Mig Jimenez was the creator of the entire image, logos, products, marketing and image of said company; however until last day October 9th , 2013, when Mr. Mig Jimenez was returning from a trip to Mexico for the promotion of the trademark, Mr. Mig Jimenez and Mr. Carlos Cuesta were fired without previous notice. Hence, Mr. Rick Lawler and Mr. Iain Hamilton left the company voluntarily at that moment in solidarity with Mr. Mig Jimenez and Mr. Carlos Cuesta.


- All quality control, development of ideas, books, DVDs and many others, were created by Mr. Mig Jimenez, as indicated in most products, such as the Book “FAQ 2”, leaving the distribution to his partner Mr. Fernando Vallejo. The relationship between Mr. Mig Jimenez and Mr. Fernando Vallejo has ended due to the breakage of the verbal covenant they both had from the beginning, resulting in the dismissal of Mr. Mig Jimenez in the face of an overall imbalanced situation.


- Only a week before the dismissal of Mr. Mig Jimenez, he, along with Mr. Fernando Vallejo wrote a contract in which it read that the magazine “The Weathering Magazine” was intellectual property of Mr. Mig Jimenez and that said magazine would become Mr. Mig Jimenez’s full property in case of his dismissal . To date, Mr. Fernando Vallejo hasn’t hand in any files, logo, web domains or servers relating to this magazine to Mr. Mig Jimenez, breaching said contract. Therefore, Mr. Mig Jimenez currently does not have any control or responsibility over the magazine nor over the subscribers or advertisers who, in any case, have paid their fees to “AK Interactive” not to Mr. Mig Jimenez.


- There are many other issues of legality that Mr. Mig Jimenez and Mr. Fernando Vallejo must solve. At the same time, Mr. Mig Jimenez is free to create or do anything he sees fit to continue his professional modeling career outside AK Interactive; creating new books, paintings , accessories or any other idea under the brand he wishes to, always respecting the existing contract; which he can make available to employees, suppliers or customers request.


Finally, it is our duty to notify that the Facebook account “AK INTERACTIVE FACEBOOK” was created exclusively by Miss Elizabeth Wiese who worked on it for three years selflessly with the sole aim of helping Mr. Fernando Vallejo and Mr. Mig Jimenez. As we all know, Miss Elizabeth Wiese used an “AK Interactive” account ([email protected]) authorized by Mr. Fernando Vallejo for all promotional work, helping countless times in sales care work, stands, as well as helping in promotion and customer service . As you all can see in the many photographs of “AK Interactive” albums on Facebook and the thousands of private messages she exchanged with many modelers.


-“AK Interactive”, since October 9th, 2013, has misappropriated of what Miss Elisabeth Wiese created from her own will and without any financial remuneration, which she rejected, for the sole interest in helping said company, grow .


All of us expose that “AK Interactive” under the direction of Mr. Fernando Vallejo, has acted in an improper way breaking all verbal agreements it had with Mr. Mig Jimenez just when the company “AK Interactive” had been consolidated internationally. This has led to a breakage in the trust, essential to continue with the existing collaboration to date.


It’s only up to you to judge what “AK Interactive” has done with Mr. Mig Jimenez. Thank you all for your friendship over the years and we ask you not measure up people’s success for how high up they get to reach, but by how high they bounce when they hit bottom .

To read the preview AK Interactive official note, click this link:
http://www.ak-interactive.com/inicio/?idc=35&ln=1

This is going to get ugly.

I believe it already has.

Herman