Resuming a project I began thirty years ago...all the aircraft flown by the Blues in 1/72. Though I have a bunch of books the paint used inside landing gear covers is undiscernable. In reviewing all the images I can google up it looks like on both scale models and on a few current Bearcats painted in a Blues scheme the inside of the landing gear covers are blue.
In 1990 I corresponded with Captain Ray Hawkins who flew Bearcat 0, Bearcat 3, Panther 3 and Panther 1. In response to my question he writes: "All the exposed surfaces of the Bearcat were painted blue. Wheel-wells, struts, etc. were of the standard color from the factory". I would assume that to be chromate green. So would the interior side of the gear covers be considered exterior and painted blue, or interior and painted chromate green as I assume was the case with production F8s. And what color were the struts on production F8s painted? For according to Hawkins that's the color they would be and not blue.