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Yep, I remember that now I've been reminded.
The first Tamiya Panther I built would be around 1969 and, from memory, although it didn't have the electric motor, the lower hull still had the mouldings for the motor mounts and the battery cradle.
I built another around 18 years ago, which I'm fairly sure was the same kit, pre-dating their later kits of the Ausf A and Ausf G series.
 
A4K said:
The original 'Panther' kit also firmly established 1/35th as the standard scale for the majority of Tamiya's military vehicles and accessories
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I had heard that Monogram's tank and military vehicle kits of the 60's were 1/35 and since they seemed to be the best on the market at the time Tamiya copied that scale. Ironically, Monogram switched to 1/32 for its later kits such as the PKZfw IV and Assault gun, Whirblewind, armored car, and Grant, Lee, and Sherman, etc..

Revell had taken over a number of Adams kits in 1/40 and thus based their own kits on that scale, and even brought out a highly detailed 1/40 A-1 Skyraider, but that scale never caught on.
 
I remember that my older brother built a very detailed Skyraider in a scale slightly larger than 1/48th.
It had detailed cockpit, and removable engine cowls and other panels, very advanced for the day, so I'm guessing that's the 1/40th scale kit mentioned above.
I might be wrong, but in the late 1970's some of the range of Italieri (now Italeri) military vehicles kits was in 1/32nd scale, although the same subjects seem to now be available in 1/35th.
 
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