Welcome to the herd, Greg!
You might do better looking for local modeling clubs near you. For example, there is a club in Grafton, the Lorain County IPMS Club, and they meet in Elyria. Here is there info from the IPMS/US website:
https://ipmsu28.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/61160581
There's an email address noted on that page, as well as that they have a website and a Facebook page, too.
There is another IPMS chapter which might be close enough for you, IPMS John Glenn, in Independence. This is the entry for the John Glenn chapter, at the IPMS website:
https://ipmsu28.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/61160459/5598330
Besides an email address, there is a link to their Facebook group, too.
IPMS/US is the International Plastic Modelers Society, in the US. You could try reaching out to either of those chapters, to see if there is anyone interested in taking your commission. The big advantage is that you wouldn't have to ship the piece back and forth.