PROJECT: Scanning, Editing & 3-D Printing

[Nihonddd]

If you want to keep cost down, avoid much of the advice suggested on this thread your project is going to spiral in cost. Avoid investing large amounts of money. Invest your time instead.

Don't buy expensive proprietry scanners. Avoid the service bureaus they charge big bucks. If you have to get your object scanned by a burea avoid the in house post production work it is going to cost you.

There are other ways. There are open source solutions.

Check out 'Davidlaserscanner' if you don't know it already. There is a large forum and someone may be able to help you there.
Learn blender or a CAD program. As Awerby above suggests reverse engineer this, learn to retopologize and clean up the scan yourself. It's the only economical way to go.