The following is from Secondo in regards to the MiniHobbyModels 1/350 Pola, as posted over in this thread:
Most of the errors are concentrated into the bridge area. This photo from the Warship pictorial about RM heavy cruisers (this book could be helpful to all who are going to build this model as it features a 1/350th scale colour drawing of
Pola with both side and vertical wiews) is useful for finding the most evident faults
- missing parts: the quadrapod and mainmast legs, and a small bandstand near the base of the quadrapod forward legs that housed a single 40mm/39 Vickers AA gun, plus an infinity of girders underneath each bridge level.
- inconsistent parts: secondary directors are nowhere near to the real thing; bridge railings should be higher, secondary guns' shields are too squared, and I also suspect the forward funnel cap to be underdimensioned. Rangefinders' armored covers on main turrets are wrong in shape. Small parts such as 37mm/54 Breda AA guns are, needless to say, mostly useless.
- hull issues: both stem and stern are wrong in shape, the bow should be vertical and more faired and the stem more rounded. Rudder is underdimensioned (which is strange as this was born as a dynamic model) and propellers' axles should be parallel to the keel line, not inclined
This is another photo, coming from the net, but present as well into the Warship pictorial: from this wiew, it appears that main guns' barrel are a bit short and too spaced; also, the flat surface of bridge walls and forward funnel is evident, those raised bands on the model should be obliterated. Out of curiosity, you can make out a pair of 40mm Vickers guns on the bandstands at the base of the forward funnel.