The hot air rework station is how I do it most of the time.
This is what i got recently:
http://www.amazon.com/Kendal-REWORK-SOLDERING-IRON-STATION/dp/B004ZB9D4OUnfortunately the price has increased $10 but if you are thinking of tying this yourself, one of these Chinese soldering stations may be what you need. I think these come with bunch of different brand names, but look to be the same thing.
I assembled several of these "flickering flame" kits and the quality of my work improved so much (over the $15 wand) that its hard to believe it was soldered by the same person.
I may attempt the A1200 myself, I just always thought it entailed removing surface mounted caps which I'm reluctant to attempt.