diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/Avatar.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/Avatar.cpp
index bbf028ad46..5c84fa0860 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/Avatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/Avatar.cpp
@@ -520,13 +520,17 @@ glm::quat Avatar::computeRotationFromBodyToWorldUp(float proportion) const {
 void Avatar::renderBody(RenderArgs* renderArgs, ViewFrustum* renderFrustum, bool postLighting, float glowLevel) {
     // check to see if when we added our models to the scene they were ready, if they were not ready, then
     // fix them up in the scene
+    render::ScenePointer scene = Application::getInstance()->getMain3DScene();
+    render::PendingChanges pendingChanges;
     if (_skeletonModel.needsFixupInScene()) {
-        render::ScenePointer scene = Application::getInstance()->getMain3DScene();
-        render::PendingChanges pendingChanges;
         _skeletonModel.removeFromScene(scene, pendingChanges);
         _skeletonModel.addToScene(scene, pendingChanges);
-        scene->enqueuePendingChanges(pendingChanges);
     }
+    if (getHead()->getFaceModel().needsFixupInScene()) {
+        getHead()->getFaceModel().removeFromScene(scene, pendingChanges);
+        getHead()->getFaceModel().addToScene(scene, pendingChanges);
+    }
+    scene->enqueuePendingChanges(pendingChanges);
 
     {
         Glower glower(renderArgs, glowLevel);
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/Hand.h b/interface/src/avatar/Hand.h
index 524ec23aff..cb35497960 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/Hand.h
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/Hand.h
@@ -40,17 +40,6 @@ class Hand : public HandData {
 public:
     Hand(Avatar* owningAvatar);
     
-    struct HandBall
-    {
-        glm::vec3        position;       // the actual dynamic position of the ball at any given time
-        glm::quat        rotation;       // the rotation of the ball
-        glm::vec3        velocity;       // the velocity of the ball
-        float            radius;         // the radius of the ball
-        bool             isCollidable;   // whether or not the ball responds to collisions
-        bool             isColliding;    // ball is currently colliding
-        float            touchForce;     // a scalar determining the amount that the cursor (or hand) is penetrating the ball
-    };
-    
     void simulate(float deltaTime, bool isMine);
     void render(RenderArgs* renderArgs, bool isMine);
 
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
index e216441b98..8407824750 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
@@ -1178,13 +1178,17 @@ void MyAvatar::renderBody(RenderArgs* renderArgs, ViewFrustum* renderFrustum, bo
 
     // check to see if when we added our models to the scene they were ready, if they were not ready, then
     // fix them up in the scene
+    render::ScenePointer scene = Application::getInstance()->getMain3DScene();
+    render::PendingChanges pendingChanges;
     if (_skeletonModel.needsFixupInScene()) {
-        render::ScenePointer scene = Application::getInstance()->getMain3DScene();
-        render::PendingChanges pendingChanges;
         _skeletonModel.removeFromScene(scene, pendingChanges);
         _skeletonModel.addToScene(scene, pendingChanges);
-        scene->enqueuePendingChanges(pendingChanges);
     }
+    if (getHead()->getFaceModel().needsFixupInScene()) {
+        getHead()->getFaceModel().removeFromScene(scene, pendingChanges);
+        getHead()->getFaceModel().addToScene(scene, pendingChanges);
+    }
+    scene->enqueuePendingChanges(pendingChanges);
 
     Camera *camera = Application::getInstance()->getCamera();
     const glm::vec3 cameraPos = camera->getPosition();
diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
index 43f340119b..cc6693133f 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ void EntityTreeRenderer::render(RenderArgs* renderArgs) {
             _viewState->getShadowViewFrustum() : _viewState->getCurrentViewFrustum();
         
         // Setup batch transform matrices
-        gpu::Batch batch;
+        gpu::Batch batch; // FIX ME - this is very suspicious!
         glm::mat4 projMat;
         Transform viewMat;
         frustum->evalProjectionMatrix(projMat);
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ void EntityTreeRenderer::render(RenderArgs* renderArgs) {
         batch.setProjectionTransform(projMat);
         batch.setViewTransform(viewMat);
         
-        renderArgs->_batch = &batch;
+        renderArgs->_batch = &batch; // FIX ME - this is very suspicious!
 
         _tree->lockForRead();
 
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ void EntityTreeRenderer::render(RenderArgs* renderArgs) {
         Model::endScene(renderArgs);
         _tree->unlock();
         
+        // FIX ME - this is very suspicious!
      //   glPushMatrix();
      //   renderArgs->_context->render(batch);
      //   glPopMatrix();
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
index db3061c29a..34a423e66c 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.cpp
@@ -2269,13 +2269,13 @@ void Model::renderPart(RenderArgs* args, int meshIndex, int partIndex, bool tran
         _transforms.push_back(Transform());
     }
 
-  //  _transforms[0] = _viewState->getViewTransform();
-   // args->_viewFrustum->evalViewTransform(_transforms[0]);
+    //  _transforms[0] = _viewState->getViewTransform();
+    // args->_viewFrustum->evalViewTransform(_transforms[0]);
 
     // apply entity translation offset to the viewTransform  in one go (it's a preTranslate because viewTransform goes from world to eye space)
-  //  _transforms[0].setTranslation(_translation);
+    //  _transforms[0].setTranslation(_translation);
 
-   // batch.setViewTransform(_transforms[0]);
+    // batch.setViewTransform(_transforms[0]);
 
 
   //  const float OPAQUE_ALPHA_THRESHOLD = 0.5f;