What color are you Twin Pony builders painting the cockpit? The best reference I found is this shot of the restored PROTOTYPE F-82. Note all the Interior Green.
This pic looks contemporary and it looks like a lot of black structure.
Wait a minute... look at the props. Counter on the left, and clock on the right. here is a youtube vid of the restored bird at Oshkosh and the starting sequence shows clock on the left and counter on the right. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT9aMC0IPIE&ab_channel=AirshowStuffVideos
These are the same plane, according to wiki North American F-82 Twin Mustang - Wikipedia It was initially built this way. But the explanation does not make sense to me citing " In this arrangement both propellers would turn upward as they approached the center wing, which in theory would have allowed better single-engine control." But that does not seem to jive with the explanation of "critical engine". P-factor - Wikipedia If anyone can square these two wiki entries, please enlighten me. Now I don't understand why the restored airframe color would not be the same as it was when new??? I thought I had 2 things figured out and after an afternoon, I am sure I don't have either. Gaa look at the time, I have to make dinner.
Interior green with Zink Chromate yellow for gear wells and exterior (out side cockpit. The E was produced both in the Day Escort Fighter and night fighter variant. The DEF would be NMF and the night fighter gloss black. (Possibly simi gloss in areas for weathering)