While Master Smith does indeed seem like a nice ability, IMO you'd be better off playing a Wizard instead for Crafting. Your spell selection would increase immensely and you'd much more easily be able to contribute both in and out of combat by simply memorizing battlefield control spells or summons while adventuring, and then you'd still have the spells you need to craft things in your spellbook during your downtime.
It's not quite as good, crafting wise as Master Smith, but the Arcane Caster (Universalist sub-school) gets a bonus Craft Feat at 3rd level and a +2 bonus when using metamagic Feats to create items, which is nice. The Creation (Conjuration sub-school) is also pretty nifty, and might actually be better, since it lets you use Minor Creation as a SLA and random (simple) items as well, if you wanted to make Mundane items too.
Just my 2 cents.
For the second feat I was thinking Master Craftsman either armor or weapons not sure yet.
Now I don't think this is incorrect that a spellcaster can't take this, but I'm wondering how feasible this may be. Soul forgers get a bonus to the skill for crafting arms & armor.While my "ranks" = caster level, Would the bonus ranks come into play at all to hit the DC for missing requirements?
I don't see you ending up with an advantage by taking this, since you are already a caster.
Skill Focus Craft would give you a larger bonus immediately and would double it's bonus down the line.
The Master Craft class ability gives a large bonus on the roll for crafting magic (and mundane) weapons and armor but it doesn't add ranks so it doesn't effectively double your caster level for meeting enchanting prerequisites.
If your campaign gives you the time and materials to craft magic items I think you might be able to have fun with this...
... but honestly, you are going to be a feat-starved magus that gets almost no spells per day and gives up spell recall.
You might find yourself rather bored by the actual adventuring part of being an adventurer, you aren't going to be real good at it.
If I was going to play a weapon-crafting specialist, I would choose the Dwarven Forgemaster Cleric first. It seems like you get the boosted crafting speed, earlier access to craft arms and armor, and it seems like in-play for day-today adventuring you lose out on less.
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I like the soulforger... I would be a human with heart of the fields (Craft [Weapons]). I would NOT take Master Craftsmen (Your Magus levels ARE caster levels and you can use the appropriate craft skills instead of spell craft (though I would still take spellcraft for wondrous items)) ... Not Needed. I would not go any craft feats beyond Craft Arms and Armor and Craft Wondrous (Scrolls are really difficult for a magus to use). OH... and I would go with all the Sundering because I love sundering even though many parties don't like it.