diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 80f935f077..10486afd79 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -5662,12 +5662,14 @@ void Application::addAssetToWorldAddEntity(QString mapping) {
     properties.setModelURL("atp:" + mapping);
     properties.setShapeType(SHAPE_TYPE_SIMPLE_COMPOUND);
     properties.setCollisionless(true);  // Temporarily set so that doesn't collide with avatar.
+    properties.setVisible(false);  // Temporarily set so that don't see at large unresized dimensions.
     properties.setDynamic(false);
     properties.setPosition(getMyAvatar()->getPosition() + getMyAvatar()->getOrientation() * glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, -2.0f));
     properties.setGravity(glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f));
     auto entityID = DependencyManager::get<EntityScriptingInterface>()->addEntity(properties);
+
     // Note: Model dimensions are not available here; model is scaled per FBX mesh in RenderableModelEntityItem::update() later
-    // on. But FBX dimensions may be in cm or mm, so we monitor for the dimension change and rescale again if warranted.
+    // on. But FBX dimensions may be in cm, so we monitor for the dimension change and rescale again if warranted.
     
     if (entityID == QUuid()) {
         QString errorInfo = "Could not add asset " + mapping + " to world.";
@@ -5710,16 +5712,10 @@ void Application::addAssetToWorldCheckModelSize() {
                 dimensions *= 0.01f;
                 EntityItemProperties properties;
                 properties.setDimensions(dimensions);
-                properties.setCollisionless(false);  // Reset to default.
-
-                // Edit entity via invokeMethod() to ensure that observers get this resize after the auto-resize edit performed
-                // in RenderableModelEntityItem::update().
-                //entityScriptingInterface->editEntity(entityID, properties);
-                QMetaObject::invokeMethod(DependencyManager::get<EntityScriptingInterface>().data(), "editEntity",
-                    Qt::QueuedConnection,
-                    Q_ARG(QUuid, entityID),
-                    Q_ARG(EntityItemProperties, properties));
-
+                properties.setVisible(true);
+                properties.setCollisionless(false);
+                properties.setLastEdited(usecTimestampNow());
+                entityScriptingInterface->editEntity(entityID, properties);
                 qInfo() << "Asset auto-resized";
             }
 
@@ -5734,7 +5730,9 @@ void Application::addAssetToWorldCheckModelSize() {
                 // Have done enough checks; model was either the default size or something's gone wrong.
 
                 EntityItemProperties properties;
-                properties.setCollisionless(false);  // Reset to default.
+                properties.setVisible(true);
+                properties.setCollisionless(false);
+                properties.setLastEdited(usecTimestampNow());
                 entityScriptingInterface->editEntity(entityID, properties);
 
                 item = _addAssetToWorldResizeList.erase(item);  // Finished with this entity.