RE: Top Flite Cessna 182 Building
Hi ryanbrown1,
if you have got the TF Cessna, the wing struts are not necessary for the stucture, they are only a scale feature.(Maybe some good pics would help to indentify a Top-Flight Cessna 182.
To install the flaps it's a little bit more difficult, but the wing-building includes operational flaps in an earlier building sequence, and it's optional, so it's not impossible ! Sure you would need the manual and the wing-plan !
To the kit version is nothing mutch I could say, only the manual have a little mark : V1.2 (1999)
Maybe the ARF wings could be an option for you ??