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This is a behind the scenes subpage for Merlin. This subpage contains all behind the scenes material relating to said article.

Background Information

Television Series

Merlin is a fictional experimental tender locomotive created by Ian McCue and Andrew Brenner.

In 2017, Merlin made his debut in the movie, "Journey Beyond Sodor".

Merlin is voiced by Hugh Bonneville (UK/US) in the CGI version of the series on both sides of the Atlantic, respectively.

Merlin is based on the LSWR N15 Class, referred to as the "King Arthur" class by the Southern Railway, specifically No. 783 Sir Gillemere. In 1940, Sir Gillemere was fitted with three stovepipe chimneys by Oliver Bulleid as a wartime experiment.

Behind the Scenes

CGI Model

In 2016, Merlin was created from scratch in CGI by Arc Productions for the 2017 movie, Journey Beyond Sodor. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.

Face sketches

CGI Model

Promotional Image

Promotional Image (Head-on)

Merlin's funnels

Merlin's tender

Merlin's right smoke deflector

Fonts

The following fonts were used on Merlin's CGI model:

• Stencil (number)

Voice Actors

• Hugh Bonneville (UK/US; Journey Beyond Sodor onwards, excluding Percy's fantasy)
• Nigel Pilkington (Percy's fantasy only)
• Kenta Miyake (Japan)
• Grzegorz Pawlak (Poland)
• Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza (Latin America)
• Martin Lohmann (Germany)
• Kertész Péter (Hungary)
• Raine Heiskanen (Finland)
• Wilken Mazzei (Brazil)
• Daniil Eldarov (Russia)
• Heo Seong-jae (South Korea)