Thanks for the help everyone, your suggestions saved the day.  I'm very happy with the way it has turned out so far.  It's hard to capture the detail on a high gloss finish so I have only attached a picture taken after the fourth coat straight off the gun.

I approached a couple of local body shops and talked with the spray painter.  One was happy to do the job on the basis that I did the prep work and he sprayed the mini pf as an add on to when he was clearcoating other work.  We ended up doing four coats a week apart with no baking.

I sanded using 1000 grit wet before the first coat and after the first two coats, then 1200 grit wet before the final coat.  Each time I used prepsol and compressed air to clean before and after sanding and then waited a couple more days before getting the cc sprayed. 

I just have to decide now if I'm going to block the 4th coat and then buff it.  There is a slight uneveness to the final coat around one of the inserts so I'm thinking I probably will do it as it will be a good learning exercise.

Oh and the cost was a total of $20 for the four coats, it would have been crazy not to try it out at that price!