I dont know if this will help, but I have about 15 hrs under my belt for my IMC rating, was actually ready to take the test, but unavailability of an examiner and lack of cash flow meant it has been put off.
But I learnt in real IMC, i think its the only way cause those foggles p*ss me of! But I asked my instructor to purposly make it difficult for me, as I want a comercial licence and IR, of which he duly applied.
I prefer NDB's for navaids than VORs as they are so easy to use, no I'm not using an RMI! If you just treat the navaids as a simple point and they all have radials, you will soon understand fairly quickly the theory, its just displayed differently, you then find that your holds an working out where you are becomes second nature quicker.
I am quite happy popping out at 500ft with 20 degrees of drift on a displaced inboud leg to landing, eventually it all just drops into place, i cant wait for my IR! But I have to get my IMC officially out of the way first!