Mike. Ok. Trying that now. Couple of questions then ..

1) I have the model on a lazy-susan (for cakes), centered. After each scan and having hit "Next" I am given a choice to "Continue" or "Align". The pics of the little bear shows that if the object is being scanned while rotating you select the "Continue" which envokes the auto-alignment. If the objects scanned is offset then you "Align" manually ..

Are you then manually aligning each scan to the previous? I did glue a small block of wood down on the base so that would be easier.

2) I moved the model back and forth until the cross-hair was sharp and crisp. Is this cross-hair just to center the scan or is there a mininum distance from the scanner head to the object (cross-hair focused?)

3) I used a flat-white primer over the model. Is there any concensus as to what scans better? How about surface texture .. would a slight texturing of the surface help with the scan?