This is LM 9, which is on display at the Saturn V Center at KSC.
When Apollo 15 was cancelled, and Apollos 16, 17 and 18 renumbered, this LM was "extra" since the last three missions where "J" series with the Lunar Rover. It appears to have all its parts, except for the landing radar heat shield and the surface contact probes on the footpads. The LM is hard to photograph due to the height at which they hung it from the ceiling.
You can see from the photographs, that the descent stage is covered in at least two different colors of foil, in a definite pattern. The outer surfaces of the ascent stage is a covering over a skeletal framework, thus the panels are irregular, not smooth as a plastic model would show. The areas not black are a metallic grey, not silver with metal frames between panels.
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Here are photos of the LM trainer at KSC. Only the forward section is displayed.
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