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You are using one argument to justify another.
"he stole one, so why can't I?"
The difference is one is a book...and one is a plastic model.
You are comparing two different things, and I think you already know the difference.
One requires you to build it to get to the point of using masking tape and acrylic.
You can't duplicate it by scanning it, or resell it unbuilt after you've built it.
Even the box needs to be opened to do anything.
A paper model, printed/purchased, is a book
...and books fall under different and specific protective copyrights.
They can't be dismantled and sold as separate parts.
They can be resold, but not as 'new'.
They can't legally be scanned or copied.
If you scan a paper model and then repaint it, you are doing two immediate things wrong.
First you are using someone else's artwork without their permission.
You didn't draw the original pattern, so you don't get to recolour it, or reuse it in a way that wasn't intended.
And you are duplicating a book, or someone elses artwork (illegal) and for your own purposes.
You are also able to build the model without having used the original.
So you now have two models...but you only paid for one.
And, as soon as a book or model is copied, it allows you to sell or redistribute the original...so now you have a free model that you should have paid for and didn't.
This is the same rule for free models.
Just because I give you a model for free, I still expect you to respect my copyrights.
The same rules apply.
Now...if you want to buy a model...in book form...
scan it...recolour the model...
build it... sign a contract saying you'll never give it away or sell it
AND then BURN the book you bought...
you are totally fine.
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