man,
this will open a can of worms!
ok simple version, as a professional model maker speaking from experience. If i scratchbuild a model to offer as a kit and someone who had nothing to do with the piece comes along and recasts it, why should I make the kit !. this recaster has taken my hard work and turned around remolded it and casts it, selling it for less than i can. Why! becasue he didnt have to sculpt or make the original and figure out how to make it moldable. he doesnt have any investment whatsoever in the time or monies to bring about the piece, he just remolds ( throws rtv on it) and casts it up and sells it as his, making money where ever he can
if you made something to offer to the model making community , how would you feel if someone stole your work and sold it for his or her own profit....that's what's happening here
I'm not getting into copyrights on this either, you still have proprietary rights as it's your creation, and in my case, I only do commissioned work now, so it's tottally above board.
Garage kits came about as a way of making model kits available to those that wanted certain subjects, not available to the general public
William