Mallen,

You're in luck. I have this same Cub, the Thunder Tiger 82" ARF, and I didn't glue the wing halves together, for the same reason as you. Just join the two wing panels together using the ply/aluminum/ply joiner blade they give you in the kit, and don't glue! The joiner blade is PLENTY strong enough for the job, believe me. I've been flying my TT Cub for probably four years now this way with no problems whatsoever. One suggestion I have for you is to glue the washer plate (for the wing hold-down bolts) to just one wing panel. When you bolt the wings down to the fuselage, the washer plate will keep the wing panels from separating at the trailing edge (like in an abrupt nose-first landing). With the washer plate installed, the nylon bolts are loaded in double-shear, rather than single shear, so they don't see a bending load under stress.

I always attach my wing struts, but not because they are needed. I just think a Cub as pretty as this one deserves to be flown with the struts on it, is all. I think Cubs look funny without the wing struts, personally. They add so much to the flavor of a Cub. As an added touch of scale, I tossed my landing gear in the scrap bin and bought a set of Hangar 9 Cub gear (available from Horizon Hobby as a spare part for the H9 80" ARF kit). The H9 gear includes the cross-struts and the bungee covers, for that added scale look.

Enjoy your TT Cub. Mine is still one of my favorite toys in my fleet.