In the docs right now http://turtlebot3.robotis.com/en/latest/simulation.html the user is explicitly instructed to install the models. This can easily lead to outdated models lingering around.
Instead the GAZEBO_MODEL_PATH it should be declared in the package.xml like this: https://github.com/osrf/car_demo/blob/master/car_demo/package.xml#L25
Also while looking at this the models should not be in the worlds subdirectory either but in a models subdirectory for clarity.