A trashcan rainbarrow

Nice build and directions on taking a roughneck trashcan and making a simple rainbarrel out of it.  I see these (in red) usually on sale at Ace Hardware for $5 every so often, if you go with PVC for the drain instead of the brass, you could drop the price down to…Geee $12?

http://www.instructables.com/id/Roughneck-Rain-Barrel/