diff --git a/apps/editor/components/tools/item/use-placement-coordinator.tsx b/apps/editor/components/tools/item/use-placement-coordinator.tsx
index 32054971..93c0a8b8 100644
--- a/apps/editor/components/tools/item/use-placement-coordinator.tsx
+++ b/apps/editor/components/tools/item/use-placement-coordinator.tsx
@@ -745,7 +745,8 @@ export function usePlacementCoordinator(config: PlacementCoordinatorConfig): Rea
     }
   })
 
-  const dims = config.asset.dimensions ?? DEFAULT_DIMENSIONS
+  const initialDraft = draftNode.current
+  const dims = initialDraft ? getScaledDimensions(initialDraft) : (config.asset.dimensions ?? DEFAULT_DIMENSIONS)
   const initialBoxGeometry = new BoxGeometry(dims[0], dims[1], dims[2])
   initialBoxGeometry.translate(0, dims[1] / 2, 0)
 
diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/item/item-renderer.tsx b/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/item/item-renderer.tsx
index 0523f4ca..60f6a731 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/item/item-renderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/item/item-renderer.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const ItemRenderer = ({ node }: { node: ItemNode }) => {
   useRegistry(node.id, node.type, ref)
 
   return (
-    <group position={node.position} rotation={node.rotation} scale={node.scale} ref={ref} visible={node.visible}>
+    <group position={node.position} rotation={node.rotation} ref={ref} visible={node.visible}>
       <Suspense fallback={<PreviewModel node={node} />}>
         <ModelRenderer node={node} />
       </Suspense>
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ const PreviewModel = ({ node }: { node: ItemNode }) => {
   )
 }
 
+const multiplyScales = (a: [number, number, number], b: [number, number, number]): [number, number, number] => 
+  [a[0] * b[0], a[1] * b[1], a[2] * b[2]]
+
 const ModelRenderer = ({ node }: { node: ItemNode }) => {
   const { scene, nodes } = useGLTF(resolveCdnUrl(node.asset.src) || '')
 
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ const ModelRenderer = ({ node }: { node: ItemNode }) => {
   return (
     <Clone
       object={scene}
-      scale={node.asset.scale}
+      scale={multiplyScales(node.asset.scale, node.scale)}
       position={node.asset.offset}
       rotation={node.asset.rotation}
       {...handlers}