Cheers Steve, it really lifts my spirits to see so many great comments.
With the tow ropes being fine twisted wire they had a life of their own and wanted to go every direction except where they needed to! Plus losing a few hooks didn't help, but I've seen plenty of photo's with some missing so figured it would be a bit authentic.
I had to wrestle them into position, wedged with sponge, cocktail sticks, tweezers, and whatever else I could get my hands on as the CA I was using didn't want to dry. Will have to pinch my decent stuff back from my lad!