diff --git a/libraries/model/src/model/MeshProxy.cpp b/libraries/model/src/model/MeshProxy.cpp
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+//
+//  MeshProxy.cpp
+//  libraries/model/src/model/
+//
+//  Created by Seth Alves on 2017-3-22.
+//  Copyright 2017 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#include "MeshProxy.h"
+
+
+QScriptValue meshToScriptValue(QScriptEngine* engine, MeshProxy* const &in) {
+    return engine->newQObject(in, QScriptEngine::QtOwnership,
+                              QScriptEngine::ExcludeDeleteLater | QScriptEngine::ExcludeChildObjects);
+}
+
+void meshFromScriptValue(const QScriptValue& value, MeshProxy* &out) {
+    out = qobject_cast<MeshProxy*>(value.toQObject());
+}
+
+QScriptValue meshesToScriptValue(QScriptEngine* engine, const MeshProxyList &in) {
+    // QScriptValueList result;
+    QScriptValue result = engine->newArray();
+    int i = 0;
+    foreach (MeshProxy* const meshProxy, in) {
+        qDebug() << "meshesToScriptValue adding mesh: " << (void*)meshProxy;
+        // result.setProperty(i++, QScriptValue(engine, meshProxy));
+        result.setProperty(i++, meshToScriptValue(engine, meshProxy));
+        // result.setProperty(QString::number(i++), QScriptValue(meshProxy));
+        // result[i] = QScriptValue(meshProxy);
+        // result << QScriptValue(meshProxy);
+    }
+    // result.setProperty("length", i);
+    return result;
+}
+
+void meshesFromScriptValue(const QScriptValue& value, MeshProxyList &out) {
+    QScriptValueIterator itr(value);
+
+    qDebug() << "in meshesFromScriptValue, value.length =" << value.property("length").toInt32();
+
+    while(itr.hasNext()) {
+        itr.next();
+        MeshProxy* meshProxy = qscriptvalue_cast<MeshProxyList::value_type>(itr.value());
+        if (meshProxy) {
+            out.append(meshProxy);
+        } else {
+            qDebug() << "null meshProxy";
+        }
+    }
+}