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Jonathan Trueman is known for Thomas & Friends (1984), Percy's Tiger Tales (2012) and Jack & the Sodor Construction Company (2006).
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Animation and Children’s Scriptwriter. Jonathan has worked on episodes for PERCY’S TIGER TALES series 2 (Fabrique D’images) and TINY TUMBLE (an animated show from Justin Fletcher’s Mr Tumble, created by animator Mark Mason for Cbeebies).
Feb 13, 2012 · Amidst his renowned career penning most of Cosgrove Hall's top shows, Brian Trueman teamed up with son Jonathan to co-write another series that deserves more attention prior its first airing - The Treacle People!
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Voice
Since his return in 2013, Harvey has been voiced by Keith Wickham in both the British English and American English dubs of the series. Keith Wickham gives Harvey a Scottish accent; reflecting his basis' origins.
Gauge 1 model
Harvey's models were scratch-built to run on gauge 1 track by model maker, Kenny Gittens. The models were made out of brass. They were painted in a matte finish and lined with yellow automotive pinstripe tape. The numbers and letters were custom printed stickers. Two models of Harvey were built. Both were track powered, so pick-up contacts were attached to the metal wheels, which ran into the motor to power them. The electricity ran from the track to the wheels/pick-up contacts and went into the motor to power him. One model of Harvey was built for scenes where he had to move around, so his chassis had the motor inside it. The other was for scenes where he used his crane, so the motor was in the crane mechanism which was operated by a remote controller. Both models were fitted with an eye mechanism. The eye mechanisms had two servos, one for up and down movement and one for left and right movement. The up/down servo was attached to the body. The left/right servo had a rod attached to the arm, which connected to a bracket. The eye balls were coupled to the bracket and locked in by the face-plate, so whenever the servos were powered, the eye balls would move however the crew member desired. In the ninth series episode, Thomas' New Trucks and the learning segment, Right Sized Engine for the Job, Harvey was fitted with a clamshell claw bucket used to pick up mineral items. The claw was only seen opening and closing in closeup shots, as the standard model did not have room for a motor to make it move.
Close-up model
Close-up shots of Harvey's cab were required for scenes in where he had to interact with close-up scale figures. Most of the engine was built, excluding the wheels, and a visible face, however, only the back half of Harvey was shown on screen. Harvey's close-up model only appeared in the ninth series episode, Thomas' New Trucks.
CGI model
In 2009, the series introduced Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) as a replacement for the show's long-standing live-action models. In 2012, Harvey was created in CGI by either Nitrogen Studios or Arc Productions. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software. Harvey has had modifications throughout the CGI series. These include: •Series 17: •He gained permanent head and tail lamps. •He gained a brake pipe on his front and back, despite his basis not having one. •His coupling hook base was painted black instead of red. •His bufferbeam became the same colour as his body.
•Keith Wickham (UK/US: seventeenth - twenty-fourth series)
•Hikaru Midorikawa (Japan; sixth - eighth series)
•Toshiharu Sakurai (Japan; ninth - twenty-fourth series, excluding the twentieth series)
•Kunihiro Kawamoto (Japan; twentieth series only)
•Enrique Cervantes (Latin America; seventeenth series only)
•Víctor Covarrubias (Latin America; eighteenth-twentieth series)
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Jonathan Trueman. Writer: Thomas & Friends. Jonathan Trueman is known for Thomas & Friends (1984), Percy's Tiger Tales (2012) and Jack & the Sodor Construction Company (2006).
Jonathan Trueman was an episode writer for Thomas & Friends, he wrote episodes for the Sixth series, along with the spinoff series, Jack and the Sodor Construction Company. He is the son of fellow writer Brian Trueman.
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