Flinx posted:WELL PIDDLE!
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Now I don't have a real 700e, and I don't have a real 763 either. Thanks Dad! and he berated my nephew for weathering his trains.
Well, look at it this way. It was your dad's engine, not yours. You just inherited it. It was up to him to do with it what he wanted. As long as it gave him enjoyment, that's fine. He didn't do things to it in order to satisfy other people, or have any obligation to do so.
Children almost always have things they wish their parents had done differently; that's just the way it is.