Instantiate issues with 3d model

Unity Engine
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Forgive me, I am new to Unity and to javascript language. I have an issue that I am sure is easy to fix, but I don’t seem to understand how the Transform works.

Issue: I have a asset (fbx file) i have imported into my game. If I drag this item into the scene, it shows up the way I would like it to. Facing west to east on the X axis. When I look at the inspector for the object, it has the Y and Z axis set at 270.
I have dragged this into a prefab and added a rigidbody to it.

The problem is when I instantiate this prefab it sets the rotation to 0,0,0 and faces straight up on the y axis. When looking at the instantiate references i could not find what I am looking for. Obviously I need code to change the look of this object before it exists on the screen. Does the come from scripting, or do I need to try and fix this in Maya?

This is the result of hitting a GUI Texture button

var instance = Instantiate(shot, transform.position , transform.position) as GameObject;

Any help or documents that someone can point me to would be greatly appreciated.

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Before delving any deeper, let me ask, why are you submitting transform.position for both the ‘position’ and ‘rotation’ arguments of Instantiate()?

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Pure accident when typing up this post. should read

var instance = Instantiate(shot, transform.position , transform.rotation) as GameObject;

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You can omit the position and rotation fields, in which case it takes the position and rotation of the prefab. I’ve found quoting the position and rotation positions can give some odd results, so don’t whenever possible. Try:

Instantiate(shot)
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Thank you, very simple fix.