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Just received my micromir 1/350 Skipjack kit.
She looks great.
It may *look* great in the box, but just be aware that the MicroMir Skipjack kit has a
MAJOR ERROR. The indentations in the aft hull that indicate the locations for placement of the upper and lower rudders are totally wrong. If you assemble the kit and place the rudders in those areas the leading edge of the rudder will align with the leading edge of the stern planes, and the trailing edges will not align, since the rudders are not as long in the chord as the stern planes. In fact, it is the trailing edges of the rudders and stern planes that should align; the leading edges do not. The odd thing is that the kit drawings have it correct, but the kit itself has you placing the rudders in the wrong locations too far forward on the hull, if you use the indicated indented locations on the hull pieces. Easy to fix; fill in the shallow indentations for the rudders, drill a small hole in the correct location and in the rudder itself, and use brass wire to place and hold the rudder correctly in place.
At least you seem to have received a complete kit from MicroMir, my kit was missing the photo etch. Not too impressed with that fact, either.
See photo of a MicroMir kit below assembled with the rudders in the wrong locations, and the Moebius kit, with correct placement. Obvious once you see it. Also, I have put a Skipjack drawing below that illustrates the point: