At 1:200 a helicopter model kit is about as small as rotary-wing plastic gets. The scale is better known from airliner collecting, and here it covers naval types — the SH-60B Seahawk, the Kamov Ka-27, the Chinese Z-20J — with several machines in some boxings, enough to populate a whole deck or a cabinet row in one sitting. Assembly takes an evening; clean brushwork is what decides the result.
Two-hundredth scale earns its place if you collect miniatures or need extra airframes for a larger naval scene. For a little more to work with at the small end, 1:144 helicopter kits give more room for detail, while deck-going machines sized for ship models sit in 1:350. Every size side by side: helicopter model kits.
