diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/MeshPartPayload.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/MeshPartPayload.cpp
index 4c9adb405b..2d8d7b598b 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/MeshPartPayload.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/MeshPartPayload.cpp
@@ -277,16 +277,14 @@ namespace render {
 
 using namespace render;
 
-ModelMeshPartPayload::ModelMeshPartPayload(Model* model, int _meshIndex, int partIndex, int shapeIndex,
-    glm::vec3 position, glm::quat orientation) :
+ModelMeshPartPayload::ModelMeshPartPayload(Model* model, int _meshIndex, int partIndex, int shapeIndex, const Transform& transform, const Transform& offsetTransform) :
     _model(model),
     _meshIndex(_meshIndex),
-    _shapeID(shapeIndex),
-    _modelPosition(position),
-    _modelOrientation(orientation) {
+    _shapeID(shapeIndex) {
     auto& modelMesh = _model->_geometry->getMeshes().at(_meshIndex)->_mesh;
     updateMeshPart(modelMesh, partIndex);
 
+    updateTransform(transform, offsetTransform);
     initCache();
 }
 
@@ -314,11 +312,6 @@ void ModelMeshPartPayload::notifyLocationChanged() {
     _model->_needsUpdateClusterMatrices = true;
 }
 
-void ModelMeshPartPayload::updateModelLocation(glm::vec3 position, glm::quat orientation) {
-    _modelPosition = position;
-    _modelOrientation = orientation;
-}
-
 render::ItemKey ModelMeshPartPayload::getKey() const {
     ItemKey::Builder builder;
     builder.withTypeShape();
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/MeshPartPayload.h b/libraries/render-utils/src/MeshPartPayload.h
index c5b1e492d8..e03d1c8a68 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/MeshPartPayload.h
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/MeshPartPayload.h
@@ -73,30 +73,27 @@ namespace render {
 
 class ModelMeshPartPayload : public MeshPartPayload {
 public:
-    ModelMeshPartPayload(Model* model, int meshIndex, int partIndex, int shapeIndex, glm::vec3 position, glm::quat orientation);
+    ModelMeshPartPayload(Model* model, int meshIndex, int partIndex, int shapeIndex, const Transform& transform, const Transform& offsetTransform);
     
     typedef render::Payload<ModelMeshPartPayload> Payload;
     typedef Payload::DataPointer Pointer;
 
-    virtual void notifyLocationChanged();
-    virtual void updateModelLocation(glm::vec3 position, glm::quat orientation);
+    void notifyLocationChanged() override;
 
     // Render Item interface
-    render::ItemKey getKey() const;
-    render::Item::Bound getBound() const;
-    void render(RenderArgs* args) const;
+    render::ItemKey getKey() const override;
+    render::Item::Bound getBound() const override;
+    void render(RenderArgs* args) const override;
     
     // ModelMeshPartPayload functions to perform render
-    void bindMesh(gpu::Batch& batch) const;
-    void bindTransform(gpu::Batch& batch, const ModelRender::Locations* locations) const;
+    void bindMesh(gpu::Batch& batch) const override;
+    void bindTransform(gpu::Batch& batch, const ModelRender::Locations* locations) const override;
 
 
     void initCache();
     Model* _model;
     int _meshIndex;
     int _shapeID;
-    glm::vec3 _modelPosition;
-    glm::quat _modelOrientation;
     bool _isSkinned = false;
     bool _isBlendShaped = false;
 };
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
index 545afea681..e7c4442755 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
@@ -503,9 +503,7 @@ bool Model::addToScene(std::shared_ptr<render::Scene> scene, render::PendingChan
 
     foreach (auto renderItem, _renderItemsSet) {
         auto item = scene->allocateID();
-  //      auto renderData = MeshPartPayload::Pointer(renderItem);
-        auto renderData = renderItem;
-        auto renderPayload = std::make_shared<MeshPartPayload::Payload>(renderData);
+        auto renderPayload = std::make_shared<MeshPartPayload::Payload>(renderItem);
         pendingChanges.resetItem(item, renderPayload);
         pendingChanges.updateItem<MeshPartPayload>(item, [&](MeshPartPayload& data) {
             data.notifyLocationChanged();
@@ -532,8 +530,7 @@ bool Model::addToScene(std::shared_ptr<render::Scene> scene,
 
     foreach (auto renderItem, _renderItemsSet) {
         auto item = scene->allocateID();
-        auto renderData = MeshPartPayload::Pointer(renderItem);
-        auto renderPayload = std::make_shared<MeshPartPayload::Payload>(renderData);
+        auto renderPayload = std::make_shared<MeshPartPayload::Payload>(renderItem);
         renderPayload->addStatusGetters(statusGetters);
         pendingChanges.resetItem(item, renderPayload);
         pendingChanges.updateItem<MeshPartPayload>(item, [&](MeshPartPayload& data) {
@@ -1185,7 +1182,7 @@ void Model::segregateMeshGroups() {
                 _renderItemsSet << std::make_shared<MeshPartPayload>(networkMesh._mesh, partIndex, ModelRender::getCollisionHullMaterial(), transform, offset);
 
             } else {
-                _renderItemsSet << std::make_shared<ModelMeshPartPayload>(this, i, partIndex, shapeID, _translation, _rotation);
+                _renderItemsSet << std::make_shared<ModelMeshPartPayload>(this, i, partIndex, shapeID, transform, offset);
             }
 
             shapeID++;
@@ -1210,8 +1207,7 @@ bool Model::initWhenReady(render::ScenePointer scene) {
 
         foreach (auto renderItem, _renderItemsSet) {
             auto item = scene->allocateID();
-            auto renderData = MeshPartPayload::Pointer(renderItem);
-            auto renderPayload = std::make_shared<MeshPartPayload::Payload>(renderData);
+            auto renderPayload = std::make_shared<MeshPartPayload::Payload>(renderItem);
             _renderItems.insert(item, renderPayload);
             pendingChanges.resetItem(item, renderPayload);
             pendingChanges.updateItem<MeshPartPayload>(item, [&](MeshPartPayload& data) {