Copyright is the expression of personal ownership of an idea or concept published in the public realm. In order to claim copyright you would have to prove that the concept or idea is original and yours personally which could always be a problem with a model design of an existing thing. This is because copyright of the image and thing already exists for the original designer. Your personal interpretation of the model would be copyrightabe as you created it but enforcement of the image would be impossible as you don't own that. A patent is awarded for an invention or original thing that exists in the corporeal world so it must be a physical thing and not the idea for a model that you designed. To be awarded a patent your invention ahs to be new and original or an original amendment to an existing thing, as papermodelling has existed for years that wont ever happen here. Hope that clears it up slightly!
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