I will give you a little more info on the skinning process, and hopefully that will be helpful. Just let me know if you have other questions . . .
When you start things up, you most likely will have a situation like this photo, where the size is incorrect. Easy solution is to click the buttons to re-size the skeleton until you get it close to the size you need:
"The Sage as an Astronomer: If you still see the stars as something above you, you lack the eye of knowledge." Friedrich Nietzsche