diff --git a/panel/models/vtk/vtk.ts b/panel/models/vtk/vtk.ts
index 9a50d21cf9b..c9f5c599066 100644
--- a/panel/models/vtk/vtk.ts
+++ b/panel/models/vtk/vtk.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export class VTKPlotView extends VTKHTMLBoxView {
   protected _orientationWidget: any
   protected _widgetManager: any
   protected _axes: any
+  protected _axes_initialized: boolean = false
 
   connect_signals(): void {
     super.connect_signals()
@@ -47,16 +48,20 @@ export class VTKPlotView extends VTKHTMLBoxView {
     })
   }
 
+  render(): void {
+    super.render()
+    this._axes_initialized = false
+    this._plot()
+    this._vtk_renwin.getRenderer().getActiveCamera().onModified(() => this._get_camera_state())
+    this._remove_default_key_binding()
+    this.model.renderer_el = this._vtk_renwin
+  }
+
   after_layout(): void {
-    if(!this._initialized){
+    if (!this._axes_initialized) {
       this._render_axes_canvas()
-      this._plot()
-      this._vtk_renwin.getRenderer().getActiveCamera().onModified(() => this._get_camera_state())
-      this._remove_default_key_binding()
-      this.model.renderer_el = this._vtk_renwin
-      this._initialized = true
+      this._axes_initialized = true
     }
-    super.after_layout()
   }
 
   _create_orientation_widget(): void {
@@ -235,7 +240,7 @@ export class VTKPlotView extends VTKHTMLBoxView {
             this._create_orientation_widget()
           if (this._axes == null && this.model.axes)
             this._set_axes()
-            this._set_camera_state()
+          this._set_camera_state()
         }, 100)
         sceneImporter.setUrl('index.json')
         sceneImporter.onReady(fn)
diff --git a/panel/models/vtk/vtk_layout.ts b/panel/models/vtk/vtk_layout.ts
index 2ba094218ba..4e4a8714b21 100644
--- a/panel/models/vtk/vtk_layout.ts
+++ b/panel/models/vtk/vtk_layout.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ import  {vtkns} from "./vtk_utils"
 export class VTKHTMLBoxView extends PanelHTMLBoxView{
   protected _vtk_container: HTMLDivElement
   protected _vtk_renwin: any
-  protected _initialized: boolean = false
 
-  render(): void{
+  render(): void {
     super.render()
     this._vtk_container = div()
     set_size(this._vtk_container, this.model)
@@ -17,6 +16,13 @@ export class VTKHTMLBoxView extends PanelHTMLBoxView{
       rootContainer: this.el,
       container: this._vtk_container
     })
-    this._initialized = false
+  }
+
+  after_layout(): void {
+    super.after_layout()
+    const {width, height} = this._vtk_container.getBoundingClientRect()
+    const openGLRenderWindow = this._vtk_renwin.getOpenGLRenderWindow()
+    openGLRenderWindow.setSize(Math.floor(width), Math.floor(height))
+    this._vtk_renwin.getRenderWindow().render()
   }
 }
diff --git a/panel/models/vtk/vtkvolume.ts b/panel/models/vtk/vtkvolume.ts
index 6a1dba79dca..c26094f1d63 100644
--- a/panel/models/vtk/vtkvolume.ts
+++ b/panel/models/vtk/vtkvolume.ts
@@ -34,21 +34,17 @@ export class VTKVolumePlotView extends VTKHTMLBoxView {
     })
   }
 
-  after_layout(): void{
-    if(!this._initialized){
-      this._controllerWidget = vtk.Interaction.UI.vtkVolumeController.newInstance({
-        size: [400, 150],
-        rescaleColorMap: false,
-      })
-      this._controllerWidget.setContainer(this.el)
-      this._vtk_renwin.getRenderWindow().getInteractor()
-      this._vtk_renwin.getRenderWindow().getInteractor().setDesiredUpdateRate(45)
-      this._plot()
-      this._vtk_renwin.getRenderer().resetCamera()
-      this._vtk_renwin.getRenderWindow().render()
-      this._initialized = true
-    }
-    super.after_layout()
+  render(): void {
+    super.render()
+    this._controllerWidget = vtk.Interaction.UI.vtkVolumeController.newInstance({
+      size: [400, 150],
+      rescaleColorMap: false,
+    })
+    this._controllerWidget.setContainer(this.el)
+    this._vtk_renwin.getRenderWindow().getInteractor()
+    this._vtk_renwin.getRenderWindow().getInteractor().setDesiredUpdateRate(45)
+    this._plot()
+    this._vtk_renwin.getRenderer().resetCamera()
   }
 
   _create_source(): any{