Scruff/Behind the Scenes

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

Background Information

Scruff is a fictional standard gauge tank locomotive created by Sharon Miller and Jo Jordan.

Scruff first appeared in the fourteenth series episode Thomas and Scruff, which first aired in 2010. His last appearance was in the twenty-second series episode The Case of the Puzzling Parts, which was released in 2019.

Since his introduction Scruff has been voiced by Matt Wilkinson in the British English dub, and Kerry Shale in the American English dub. The former of whom gave him a Cockney accent.

Behind the Scenes

CGI Model

In 2010, Scruff was modelled in full CGI by Nitrogen Studios for production of the fourteenth series. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.

According to Greg Tiernan, the CGI models are subjected to many rounds of review before they are submitted to HiT Entertainment for final input and approval.

Scruff has had modifications throughout the CGI series. These include:

• Series 17:
  • He gains a rear coupling hook.
• The Great Race:
  • He gains a front and rear tail lamp.
  • He gains front and rear brake pipes and brake pipe outlets.

Head-on CGI promo of Scruff

Final Render

Cab

Rear

Wheels

Pressure gauge

Funnel and whistle

Front Buffer beam

Front headlamp and brake pipe

Texture variants

In addition to his standard livery, several other texture variants exist of Scruff's CGI model. These texture variants include:

Scruff with damaged bufferbeam (O the Indignity)

Scruff with heavy weathering (Scruff's Makeover and The Case of the Puzzling Parts)

Clean Scruff (Scruff's Makeover)

Voice Actors

• Matt Wilkinson (UK; fourteenth series - nineteenth series, excluding The Great Race singing voice)
• Kerry Shale (US; fourteenth series - The Great Race - UK; The Great Race singing voice only)
• Jesse Grimm (Germany; fourteenth series onwards)
• Kōtarō Nishiyama (Japan; fourteenth - nineteenth series)
• Nozomu Sasaki (Japan; The Great Race only)
• Carlos Íñigo (Latin America; fourteenth - eighteenth series)
• Ernesto Lezama (Latin America; nineteenth series only)
• Christian Greger Strøm (Norway; fourteenth - seventeenth series)
• Jarosław Domin (Poland; fourteenth series onwards)
• Jorge Teixeira (Spain; fourteenth - seventeenth series)
• Salvador Serrano Jr. (Spain; eighteenth series)
• Alexander Kotov (Russia; fourteenth - sixteenth series)
• Denis Bespaliy (Russia; seventeenth series onwards; excluding The Great Race singing voice)
• Daniil Eldarov (Russia; The Great Race singing voice only)
• Petri Hanttu (Finland)
• Haris Grigoropoulos (Greece)