I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.
Positives: Great confidence in your subject to present it in such a bold manner - I like that. It has a very nice colour palette too.
Critical stuff: It seems rather 'smooth', I think a bit higher local contrast may have helped bring out some of the texture a bit more effectively.
Nice rusty crusty. I like the duct tape. Could probably benefit from a little more visual oomph. Yea, that it. About a pound and a half of Topaz ought to do the trick. Unless you are a Topaz hater, in which case forget I said that.