I built mine out of thin brass rod (0.020 I think) , along with some plastic strip, fuse wire, and A&B putty flotation drums on the ends. I used bridal veil tule for the fine mesh bottom.
You can see my complete 1/35 MH-60J Jayhawk conversion here.
Good luck on yours and post some pics of it.
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