Is it possible to have things scale skinned models without distorting them? Likewise, I also have a model made from a clump of meshes I would like to scale -- but when I do, they all separate from each other.

I guess what I'm asking is, is there a way to scale so as objects scale in accordance to each other so the model doesn't either distort or scale at different rates from different reference points to leave me the painful job of re-translating them all back into alignment with each other?