modeling banjo neck complete beginner

[stone.preston]

ok. So, got bored over spring break and figured id give 3d modeling a go. I really wanted to model a banjo that I could draft some plans for and stuff. So, I watched some tuts and other stuff and made a few of the tutorial parts. Then I made the other parts for my banjo which went fine. However the neck is giving me tons of trouble. I simply dont know where to begin or what to do and im just lost. I sketched out the outline of the neck. 

now, I need the neck to have a curve under neath it. like a half cylindrical shape. such as the one on this guitar neck:

I need that heel at the end of the neck as well. I really want to finish making this thing since ive made the other parts already. (they werent near as hard as this) and I just need some tips (bear in mind i just started today. 

[Leanderjk · Accepted solution]

From my understanding you want something like this.

I've added the part so you can look at what I did.

Love to see your finished model!

[stone.preston]

yes that is exactly what I wanted!! thank you so much

[stone.preston]

although I am having a little bit of trouble following exactly what you did. I see that you drew the profile of the neck in the xy plane so that you could see the shape of the heel and everything. Then you extruded that. Then you used the sketch that I posted of the top view of the neck and extruded that. But how did you remove the excess material that was created in the first extrusion. Since the first extrusion of the xy profile created the right profile of the neck but it was rectangular if you look at it from the top. However, using the sketch I posted you saw that it isnt rectangular. it starts skinny at the top, then curves on the bottom side after 5.5 inches and widens out. So how did you shape that part?

[stone.preston]

nevermind I got it.