Flying Scotsman (T&F)/Behind the Scenes

Background
In 1992, Flying Scotsman was introduced in the third series of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. He was only referred to as a famous visitor and only his tenders were shown.

Flying Scotsman did not appear again for 24 years until the 2016 special, The Great Race. In the CGI series, Flying Scotsman is often seen taking passengers from Vicarstown and the Mainland. While he was on good terms with Gordon in the Railway Series, the two engines are shown to have a rivalry in the television series with Flying Scotsman often referring Gordon as "little brother". Scotsman remained in the CGI series for 5-6 years, mostly in the form of cameo appearances until he made his final appearance in 2021.

Since his return in 2016, Flying Scotsman has been voiced by Rufus Jones in both the British English and American English dubs of the series. Jones portrays Flying Scotsman with a posh English accent.

Gauge 1 model
Flying Scotsman was originally intended to have a larger role in Tender Engines, but due to budgetary constraints, the modelling crew could not afford to build the entire engine. Instead, Flying Scotsman was rewritten as a stranger to Gordon rather than his brother.

When the episode was filmed, only Flying Scotsman's two tenders were seen peering outside of the Brendam station. The tenders were scratch-built from plastic to fit on Gauge 1 track. In addition, both of his tenders had coal bunkers, whereas in reality, the rear tender only carried water. These tenders also lacked corridors. After the production of the third series, the tenders were placed into storage.

Fonts
The following fonts are used on Flying Scotsman's Gauge 1 model:
 * Helvetica

CGI model
In 2009, the series introduced Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) as a replacement for the show's long-standing live-action models. In 2016, Flying Scotsman was created in CGI by Arc Productions. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.

Flying Scotsman had some differences/modifications between his real life, model series, and his CGI form. These include:
 * His face is a modified version of Gordon's, with larger eyebrows and a slightly different nose.
 * He received smoke deflectors, a double chimney, and his number on both his cab and second tender, a combination he has never had in real life. He can also extend his smoke deflectors.
 * He has six wheels on his tenders instead of eight and the corridors are still absent, for unknown reasons. He also has "Fowler" tender-shaped lining on his LNER tenders.
 * His bufferbeam is larger and the lining on it and his running plate is absent.
 * His boiler and smokebox is larger, making him much more accurate to how he appears in real life.
 * He reuses Neville's Whistle slightly lower pitch.

Flying Scotsman's form in CGI model seems to use parts from other engines:
 * Gordon's front bogey and pistons.
 * Spencer's lamps, driving wheels, and trailing wheels.

Flying Scotsman has had modifications throughout the CGI series. These include:
 * Big World! Big Adventures!:
 * His headlamps changed from white to silver.

Fonts
The following fonts are used on Flying Scotsman's CGI model:
 * Highway Gothic

Voice Actors

 * Rufus Jones
 * Masayuki Omoro
 * Kenta Miyake
 * Dafnis Fernández
 * Christian Strempler
 * Carlos Mireles
 * Andreas Birnbaum
 * Joshy Peters
 * Leopoldo Ballesteros
 * Przemysław Glapiński
 * Dan Schatzberg
 * Sasu Moilanen
 * Daniil Eldarov
 * Törköly Levente
 * Petridisz Hrisztosz
 * Torbjørn Hummel