By copying the bodyshells you are indeed breaking copyright - even if you are only making them for you and your friends - you mention in one of your 101's that you can stil see the HPI mark - you are making exact duplicates and are leaving yourself open to potential prosecution.
Put yourself in the shoes of HPI, they have designed something that's saleable and popular, manufactured it and allowed for costs in R&D, manufacturing, shipping and retailing, allowing for those involved to be paid a living wage, taxes etc. And then you come along and basically are stealing their product....if you or your friends wanted an HPI body just like that you should buy it - you are potentially doing people out of a job!
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