diff --git a/src/osgPresentation/Model.cpp b/src/osgPresentation/Model.cpp
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+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#include <osgPresentation/Model>
+#include <osg/ValueObject>
+#include <osgDB/ReadFile>
+
+using namespace osgPresentation;
+
+
+bool Model::load()
+{
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"Model::load() Not implemented yet"<<std::endl;
+
+    std::string filename;
+    getPropertyValue("filename", filename);
+
+    double scale = 1.0;
+    getPropertyValue("scale", scale);
+
+    double character_size = 0.06;
+    getPropertyValue("character_size", character_size);
+
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"Model : filename = "<<filename<<std::endl;
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"       scale = "<<scale<<std::endl;
+
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> model = osgDB::readNodeFile(filename);
+    if (model.valid())
+    {
+        addChild(model.get());
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool Model::getSupportedProperties(PropertyList& pl)
+{
+    pl.push_back(ObjectDescription(new osg::StringValueObject("filename",""), std::string("Model filename to load.")));
+    pl.push_back(ObjectDescription(new osg::DoubleValueObject("scale",1.0), std::string("Model scale.")));
+    return true;
+}