A fine tip is helpful. If you are not likely to solder much, a station is overkill. Just use the iron for a short while after the point it starts to melt the solder easily, then unplug it and continue. Usually one gets enough done before it cools too much. Too hot is the major problem (though poorly flowed solder is not good either). Get fluxed solder, as thin as possible.

Remember that you just need to make a good connection and you can brace that with epoxy/resin as per pages on this board.