diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/RuntimeSpotScene.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/RuntimeSpotScene.java
index c0369e701..1ad288ca4 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/RuntimeSpotScene.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/RuntimeSpotScene.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: RuntimeSpotScene.java,v 1.2 2001/12/14 00:12:32 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: RuntimeSpotScene.java,v 1.3 2002/04/17 00:16:34 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.spot.server;
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import com.threerings.whirled.server.RuntimeScene;
 public interface RuntimeSpotScene extends RuntimeScene
 {
     /**
-     * Returns the number of locations in this scene.
+     * Returns the number of locations (and portals) in this scene.
      */
     public int getLocationCount ();
 
@@ -60,4 +60,9 @@ public interface RuntimeSpotScene extends RuntimeScene
      * is not a portal.
      */
     public int getTargetLocationId (int locationId);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a reference to the underlying model.
+     */
+    public SpotSceneModel getModel ();
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/RuntimeSpotSceneImpl.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/RuntimeSpotSceneImpl.java
index 8d8da518f..01dcd34fb 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/RuntimeSpotSceneImpl.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/spot/server/RuntimeSpotSceneImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: RuntimeSpotSceneImpl.java,v 1.2 2001/12/14 00:12:32 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: RuntimeSpotSceneImpl.java,v 1.3 2002/04/17 00:16:34 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.spot.server;
 
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ public class RuntimeSpotSceneImpl extends RuntimeSceneImpl
         return (pidx == -1) ? -1 : _model.targetLocIds[pidx];
     }
 
+    // documentation inherited from interface
+    public SpotSceneModel getModel ()
+    {
+        return _model;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the index of the specified portal in the model's internal
      * portal arrays.