I have checked the previous topics on this but didn’t see anything specific to my situation, in that I haven’t had a previous version of KiCad installed and the project is brand new in 5.1.2. Running under Kubuntu latest OS.
So first question, should every footprint in the standard lib contain a corresponding 3d model?
I am missing many (perhaps all) 3d models for the TerminalBlock connectors.
Thanks
Every footprint must be setup to accept one in the default path but only a small number actually have a 3d model file. See the library convention https://kicad.org/libraries/klc/F9.3/ (point 1)
No. It is not mandatory.
Some footprints have the 3D field filled with a path pointing to a non-existent 3D model.
This is a default path for 3d models that are not yet in the library but likely to be in the future.
Ok, thank you.
Case closed. 
You can fairly easily check if a 3D model is available in the stock install by looking at
Great, thanks for the tip.
Quite a few old wrl 3D models have been removed as they were at the wrong scale
We might have removed them even if they where the right scale as the current lib focuses on ecad to mcad integration and wrl is useless for this.
Excellent, thanks.
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