Philosophical problem here - any photographer has immediate copyright in even their own latent image. The original model is not being copied. The photographers is creating a new copyright work of their own authorship when the photographer makes a photograph. Photographers do not "take" anything, in this context, they "make" new copyright works of their own authorship at each click of their camera shutter release button! If a photographer were to put down their camera and construct a duplicate model ship, THAT might be copying the original model. Photographing is not copying, in this context. The premise below is wrong for non-flat (two dimensional) original works of art (art = artifact, not capital "A" "Art", meaning "expensive stuff in museums", not what we're talking about here).
Philosopical problems aside, copyright law isn't only about the right to copy. From Wikipedia:
"Several exclusive rights typically attach to the holder of a copyright: *to produce copies or reproductions of the work and to sell those copies (including, typically, electronic copies) *to import or export the work *to create derivative works (works that adapt the original work) *to perform or display the work publicly *to sell or assign these rights to others *to transmit or display by means of digital audio transmission (XM Satellite Radio, Sirius)"
The original question is, however, interesting.