These two Weaver 50 footers are solely paint & decal jobs using Trucolor paint and K4 Supply decals. I’d been building up my NdeM fleet and decided I wanted newer rolling stock and to diversify my roster to additional roads, specifically the Pacific Railroad and the CHP.
Ferrocarril Chihuahua Al Pacificos versions were factory painted in a deep Orange with the distinctive Tarahumara Indian Runner herald nicely captured by K4 Supply on this set. Many service photos of these have the paint oxidized towards a more bleached out tint over the years so I went with that as that original orange seemed more appropriate on a Plymouth muscle car, nice looking but LOUD.
FCP’s version of the ribbed 50’s were factory painted with the newer “noodle-like” large yellow FCP emblem instead of the spelled-out road name that older box cars got at the factory or the Empalme shop. Like on many US roads the roofs on these box cars were unpainted save for over spray from the car-body sides and the usual accumulation of road grime. This K4 set is for older smooth sided 50’ PS1 versions which were also popular with Mexican roads, but it works for this ribbed car too with some minor changes.
Sarge tells me these Weaver 50’s are FMC’s, my understanding is that CNCF of Mexico assembled versions of Pullman Standards PS-1 for all of the Mexican carriers (including NDM, SBC and FUS) from kits and then later built locally fabricated versions of that design. Close enough for me if you don’t go below the frame rail.
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