I tried using the Cesium online Collada to gltf converter, and got the following error message:
An error occurred while rendering. Rendering has stopped.
TypeError: t.scenes[t.scene] is undefined
q@http://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/Cesium/Cesium.js:441:1931
er.prototype.update@http://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/Cesium/Cesium.js:441:28235
a.prototype.update@http://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/Cesium/Cesium.js:455:9057
ct@http://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/Cesium/Cesium.js:457:2261
dt@http://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/Cesium/Cesium.js:457:2692
vt.prototype.render@http://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/Cesium/Cesium.js:457:8493
A.prototype.render@http://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/Cesium/Cesium.js:462:19962
t@http://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/Cesium/Cesium.js:462:2643
My model works without a hitch in the Google Earth API, see
http://gaialab.asu.edu/DAAHL/museum.php for the example.