I am a big fan of Osprey books and I have quite a few in my collection and find they usually provide all the information needed to research a model. This book by Ross Cowan is no exception, and it is a follow-up book to his work Roman Legionary, 58 BC – AD69, which was published in 2003 by Osprey.

The Roman Legionary in the prime of the Empire was a fine tuned fighting machine. Kept in shape by constant labor, such as building forts and roads, their universal training meant that Legions from opposite ends of the empire could fight alongside each other seamlessly. Each man knew his place and function in the battle lines.

This is not to mean that the Romans were unbeatable. There are several cases of Legions (Approximately 5000 men at full strength) being destroyed or vanishing during our time period. Also, with rebellious leaders trying to seize control of the Empire, it was not uncommon for Legion to face Legion in battle.

For me and all other Star Trek fans/modellers, it has really been great to watch Round2 pull out the old AMT Star Trek kit molds, re-work a few things and then re-release the oldies, in new form, and on top of that release super new kits in the same genre and in comparable scales. In the first quarter of 2013, among several other great releases, Round2/AMT re-packaged the original series (TOS) USS Enterprise with her two primary adversaries, the Klingon D-7 Battle Cruiser and the Romulan Bird-of-Pray (BoP) as the newest entry into their familiar 1/2500 scale, Cadet Series.

I want to start by thanking Round2 Models for providing this kit for review and IPMS USA for giving me the opportunity to review it.

This is a set of white metal landing gear struts for the Eduard 1/72nd scale Bf-110E kit. The unit consists of two main gear legs, which are identical to those in the kit, two different sized tail wheels, and two sets of bracing struts. I think the smaller tail wheel would fit a Bf-109 quite nicely. No instructions were provided. There were attachment tabs on the main gear, but none for the struts, which need to be secured with superglue. In this case, I felt that the kit units were adequate, so I didn’t use these, although they might prove useful on that old Monogram kit I have been eyeing on my shelf. The larger tail wheel, however, is quite nice, and has better tire tread detail than the one in the kit. I used it on my Eduard review kit.

Recommended. My thanks to Scale Aircraft Conversions and IPMS/USA for the chance to review this item.