You would be surprised how really strong wood glue and CA are. They are both much stronger than the wood itself. Try a few test with scrap wood and you will see. Expect for joining wings, firewall, block for landing gear, or super high stress areas stick with wood glue and CA. The epoxy makes a mess, is time consuming, weighs alot, and is overkill in most places.

For most jobs what I do is use both CA and wood glue. I use one or 2 drops of CA to hold the pieces together while the wood glue dries. You get the best of both worlds. Minimum of CA fumes, but the quick hold of CA glue.

Your last post sounds like a good way to go to me. Although I prefer medium CA to thick.