Here is an example of what can go wrong with object space scaling and hopefully knowing why it dorks out will help you work around it better, maybe even use it to your advantage in some way. Lets say you wanted to change the up axis of your model from Z to Y, (pretty common when transferring to another app that doesn't…
This was a project done with I was a student at Gnomon Iron Giant Modeled in Maya, textured in substance and rendered with vray. Rigged and Animated in Maya Responsible for All aspect. Model/Texture/Light/Rig/Animation