I am with BEagle - you have either been trained and checked on instrument flying or you have not. A basic PPL does not cover ILS and therefore you should not do it.
The centreline of a runway at 8 miles is one of the busiest pieces of airspace there is.
If you are VFR then your chin should be firmly planted on the glareshield.
Cheers
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ps The reason BEagle is of the view that he is nearly always right is because he is.
