Sanding, priming, sanding and repainting the swingbike was a LOT less work than I’d anticipated. Originally, the center pivot was completely rusted, and the entire ship had rusted pits. Here’s the chainguard before; most of the ship had similar amounts of rust:

And here’s the ship, repainted and partially assembled:

I am not an artist — that’s not my skillset — but I’m really happy with how it came out!

After putting the ship back together, I built a cardboard Tetris costume around it:

Which was a lot of fun as a Hallowheels costume for the last ride of the SCUL season.