diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
index 5c0c6101a3..9884debcce 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <PerfStat.h>
 #include <render/Scene.h>
 #include <DependencyManager.h>
+#include <shared/QtHelpers.h>
 
 #include "EntityTreeRenderer.h"
 #include "EntitiesRendererLogging.h"
@@ -1287,5 +1288,6 @@ bool RenderableModelEntityItem::getMeshes(MeshProxyList& result) {
     if (!_model || !_model->isLoaded()) {
         return false;
     }
-    return _model->getMeshes(result);
+    BLOCKING_INVOKE_METHOD(_model.get(), "getMeshes", Q_RETURN_ARG(MeshProxyList, result));
+    return !result.isEmpty();
 }
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
index e38a556487..3755ca7cfc 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
@@ -463,12 +463,13 @@ bool Model::convexHullContains(glm::vec3 point) {
     return false;
 }
 
-bool Model::getMeshes(MeshProxyList& result) {
+MeshProxyList Model::getMeshes() {
+    MeshProxyList result;
     const Geometry::Pointer& renderGeometry = getGeometry();
     const Geometry::GeometryMeshes& meshes = renderGeometry->getMeshes();
 
     if (!isLoaded()) {
-        return false;
+        return result;
     }
 
     Transform offset;
@@ -490,7 +491,7 @@ bool Model::getMeshes(MeshProxyList& result) {
         result << meshProxy;
     }
 
-    return true;
+    return result;
 }
 
 void Model::calculateTriangleSets() {
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h
index 1738af661b..da8677aeed 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public:
     int getResourceDownloadAttempts() { return _renderWatcher.getResourceDownloadAttempts(); }
     int getResourceDownloadAttemptsRemaining() { return _renderWatcher.getResourceDownloadAttemptsRemaining(); }
 
-    bool getMeshes(MeshProxyList& result);
+    Q_INVOKABLE MeshProxyList getMeshes();
 
 public slots:
     void loadURLFinished(bool success);
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.cpp
index 762d9ffb29..64fb365d0c 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,41 @@ QScriptValue ModelScriptingInterface::transformMesh(glm::mat4 transform, MeshPro
     return meshToScriptValue(_modelScriptEngine, resultProxy);
 }
 
+QScriptValue ModelScriptingInterface::getVertexCount(MeshProxy* meshProxy) {
+    if (!meshProxy) {
+        return QScriptValue(false);
+    }
+    MeshPointer mesh = meshProxy->getMeshPointer();
+    if (!mesh) {
+        return QScriptValue(false);
+    }
+
+    gpu::BufferView::Index numVertices = (gpu::BufferView::Index)mesh->getNumVertices();
+
+    return numVertices;
+}
+
+QScriptValue ModelScriptingInterface::getVertex(MeshProxy* meshProxy, int vertexIndex) {
+    if (!meshProxy) {
+        return QScriptValue(false);
+    }
+    MeshPointer mesh = meshProxy->getMeshPointer();
+    if (!mesh) {
+        return QScriptValue(false);
+    }
+
+    const gpu::BufferView& vertexBufferView = mesh->getVertexBuffer();
+    gpu::BufferView::Index numVertices = (gpu::BufferView::Index)mesh->getNumVertices();
+
+    if (vertexIndex < 0 || vertexIndex >= numVertices) {
+        return QScriptValue(false);
+    }
+
+    glm::vec3 pos = vertexBufferView.get<glm::vec3>(vertexIndex);
+    return vec3toScriptValue(_modelScriptEngine, pos);
+}
+
+
 QScriptValue ModelScriptingInterface::newMesh(const QVector<glm::vec3>& vertices,
                                               const QVector<glm::vec3>& normals,
                                               const QVector<MeshFace>& faces) {
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.h b/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.h
index ba23623acf..3c239f006f 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.h
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ModelScriptingInterface.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE QScriptValue newMesh(const QVector<glm::vec3>& vertices,
                                      const QVector<glm::vec3>& normals,
                                      const QVector<MeshFace>& faces);
+    Q_INVOKABLE QScriptValue getVertexCount(MeshProxy* meshProxy);
+    Q_INVOKABLE QScriptValue getVertex(MeshProxy* meshProxy, int vertexIndex);
 
 private:
     QScriptEngine* _modelScriptEngine { nullptr };