I literally just did exactly that - I built my space station without any mods, then I got the Romfarer mods and sent up four Buran manipulators and a stack laser module, and then once I had MechJeb I launched up a MechJeb Pod 2.0, grabbed the pod with one arm, grabbed the Eye with another, cut the eye from the pod, and welded it to the crew module. Here's a (way too dark) GIF of the station blinking :v EDIT: Here's a link to a photoset showing the process (with an alternate ending...)