Thanks Vic, and yes, the pitots were on the joint line, on the bottom fuselage half. I'd thought of cutting them off and make new ones anyway, as they were a bit heavy, but decided to leave them until after I'd done the panel lines - the rest you know!!
Now that the model has advanced, I think it should turn out to be rather nice, eventually - but looking at the poor quality of the mouldings, I'm staggered that the once-renowned Airfix can accept and market such a second - rate kit. As an example, look at those flare launchers in the close up pic - they are virtually just crudely cast chunks of plastic. Some of the other components are just as bad, and are reminiscent of some obscure, early 1960s manufacturers product!
Did you manage to use the kit's decals without any problems?
I think that most will be OK, but I have some doubts about the white, dotted line walkway markings.