The site actually originated in Australia, but the members here are worldwide from 5 continents. So we are lucky enough to have a great muliticultural mix of people.
It's not that your queries were unreasonable, but you were obviously frustrated, (which comes with the territory when learning to AB as most will agree
) and it came across a harsh and abrupt and rude as mentioned, which people reacted to. I'm sure it was unintentional but it came across that way, and almost as if you were blaming the situation you found yourself in, and the faults you were finding in with the airbrushing world on this forum. As I said not a great start to your time here all round, but despite that, people did still try to help you. It's hard to help someone when they are coming across as angry and when you don't have all the facts you need to help them.
You were asked to go to the intro section as most all newbies are, not because we want to know personal details, but because airbrushing is so varied, and has so many variables that it helps us help you if we know roughly where you are - as mentioned in the first reply so we know who to send you to for after sales care (who you could have spoken to about the wrong parts list) if we know, and handy suppliers etc, and so that we can give more specific advice regarding your equipment and climate conditions. That can be tailored even more by knowing what your ultimate airbrushing goals are. There is such a broad spectrum to airbrushing, that it is easy to give out info that is not relevant to an individual, without knowing what their needs are. That info is then usually within the first few posts, which make it easy for people to refer back to and find again later to remind them what your set up is for future advice, if needed. We have heading towards 8,000 members here, who have been ok with that, but its not for everyone, and it's your perogative to share as much or as little as you like. What other forums do, is their business, but in regards to airbrushing it really is a case of the more we know the easier it is to tailor specific advice so that is something people have done here.
As for there being no instructions with your AB, as I mentioned No airbrush comes with those instructions. There are too many variables in airbrushing for a one instruction sheet covers all. It is literally (no exaggeration) different for each individual depending on paint, type of AB, nozzle size of that AB, what, and how you are painting eg, fine detail, large coverage, the surface used, the climate to name just a few. And as also mentioned like other products such as cars, motorcycles, and other kinds of machinery, you don't get instructions with, it is assumed you will already have that info, take classes, learn or find that info elsewhere. An airbrush is a lot of money, so it is annoying you can't just use it, but there is a fairly large learning curve, and luckily we have that info here, or can at least guide you towards finding it. Bit it is an impossibility to cover all of those variables in one instruction sheet, which is why it isn't done.
This is not a hostile site. As I said before, you only have to look around at the thousands of other threads and you won't find another like this one, from any of those nearly 8,000 members. And please do look around anyway, there is so much info there that may be useful to you, or if there is something you would like to know but aren't finding, there is always the search option. Members, many of them well known names, or just splatterers like myself, are only to happy to pass on their years of knowledge to help others reach their goals. Many even get together, and I'm sure if there was a member near you, they would have been happy to meet up and show you a few things as many of our other members do. Another reason why people like to read intro info.
I suggested that we started with a clean slate, to then go an and call people names, and then continue to belittle the forum is far from that. No one wants to find fault, or is suggesting that now you have resolved your airbrush issues we expect you to have future issues. However we do usually make the assumption that once someone has their query resolved, that they may want to take advantage of all the other info that is here namely, which paints are better for which applications and how best to use them, painting techniques, tips and tricks, how to source images, different methods of transferring them, drawing designs, use of other equipment ABers find helpful such as plotters, discussion about copywrite laws and making sure you aren't breaking any, are just a few I can think of, off the top of my head.
I respectfully suggest, that that slate is well and truely wiped clean from this point. Water under the bridge. I hope you become a member of our community and take advantage of everything this forum has to offer from this point forward. We are here to help and I hope you take advantage of that.