Great summary Obs
I done a post in my diary regarding instrument flying as I done ex19 the other day. Learning at my level certainly requires a hell of a lot of concentration and focus, it really took it out of me the first time, so I can respect how difficult it must be at your level. I too like the spoke style scan, rather than go round the instruments in a radial, I prefer to start at the AI, then to altitude, back to AI, then to VSI etc. I find this helps keep a better attitude as you are looking at the AI more, and in turn will help you keep all the other instruments in tune.
This thread makes me wanna do an IMC and I aint even got my PPL yet
Keep up the good work!
Maz