Dance Band on the Titanic

Dance Band on the Titanic:
When I rescued this little 221 from the scrap metal guys truck, it was seized, had about an inch of powdery aluminum rot around the bottom and the back corner was broken off. I was not hopeful that much could be done with it. In fact, the more I contemplated doing something with it, I started humming Harry Chapin's song.

I'm in the dance band on the Titanic
Sing, Nearer My God To Thee
The iceberg's on the starboard bow
Won't you dance with me?

Never the less.....
I brushed off the aluminum rot, got it unstuck, gave it a light sanding and started to figure out what to do with it. Well even though Aleda suggested Elton John's Tiny Dancer as a more cheerful theme, I was still stuck with image of waves....
Things went down hill after that because, since it's too cold to paint out in the garden shed with my regular Rustoleum colors, I decided to try hand brushed acrylic paints. Not a good move, and they don't lay down evenly and don't sand worth a darn, so it's all lumpy.
So, now it's a lumpy old rust rotted feather weight, with a broken corner, but it's a much prettier, lumpy old rust rotted featherweight with the back corner broken off.
I'm in the dance band on the Titanic...sigh