Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
That door-width rumour has been around for a long time. I specifically recall it - and being highly amused by the ridiculousness of it, from the background info in an Airfix kit in - what? 1968-70 perhaps?
I agree, I remember reading something in the early 70s in a library book, along with a restriction on individual component size so they would fit inside a 'standard packing case' whatever one of those is. Maybe sized to fit a Queen Mary or its predecessor perhaps?