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Is this as simple as add weight to the front and a front wheel? what else is involved?
No.
Adding weight to the front will make it nose heavy. You need to find the CG and then mount the main gear so that the wheels are 1/2" - 1" behind the CG - this will require adding a plywood mount and bracing inside the fuse to mount the gear to.
Then add a nosewheel. many engine mounts have a hole pre-drilled in them for mounting a nose gear.