Hi Newbie,
Why don't you just contact Ryuji (the sculptor of the Minmay kit) to build and paint it for you? I'm having him build and paint mine, and he's offering this service at a very reasonable price. Besides, who better to build and paint it than the guy who created it?
He is a member here on the MacrossWorld Forums and you can see his post about the build and paint service here:
Lynn Minmay - chinese dress, scratch build model